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We've put together the 12 blogs of Christmas to make writing website content easy at the end of the year. - [Windcave - Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/windcave-payment-gateway-compatible-shopping-cart): Windcave is a global leader in payment technology, providing solutions across online, in- store, and unattended environments, and offering global acquiring for all popular payment methods. - [Beginners Guide to Link Building] (https://www.website.world/link-building-guide): In this beginners guide to link building and backlinks, we’ll walk through what link building is, why it matters, and how you can get started with safe, effective strategies that build long-term SEO success. - [On-Page SEO Tips for Small Businesses] (https://www.website.world/on-page-seo-tips): On-page SEO helps search engine users find and visit your website. 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Wise can provide you with an ordinary bank account number in several currencies, and alert you when customers make a payment to you. - [You're Not Sneaking AI-Generated Content Past Your Readers] (https://www.website.world/no-sneaking-ai-generated-content-by-readers): Is AI-generated content really easily spotted by readers? Should I still be using it? Or doesn't it matter, because content is content after all. We share all. - [Website World vs Shopify vs Wix: Which Website Builder is Best for NZ?] (https://www.website.world/which-website-builder-best-for-nz): Need help in choosing which website builder is best for your NZ business? We explore the three stand out options and compare them side by side from an NZ perspective. - [Automating Your Shipping Processes - Why and How] (https://www.website.world/automating-your-shipping-processes): We discuss what automated shipping is, how it works and the benefits it can provide for your online store. - [March News 2025] (https://www.website.world/blog/march-news-2025): Our new UI has gone live and we're discussing freight and shipping information this month. - [June News 2025] (https://www.website.world/blog/june-news-2025): This month we've put together a few of our latest articles, along with information to help you enter your business into The David Awards. Plus we share two exciting websites built by local high school students as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme. - [July News 2025] (https://www.website.world/blog/july-news-2025): This month, we're focusing on social proof and things you can use to increase sales through your website. - [August News 2025] (https://www.website.world/blog/2240590): This month, we're focusing on email marketing and the use of our bulk emailer. - [eCommerce Features Your Online Store Needs] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce-features-your-online-store-nees): Discover the eCommerce features you need and want for your online store here! We share eight key eCommerce features a Website World customer can take advantage of! - [AS Colour] (https://www.website.world/blog/2240516): Import and synchronise products from AS Colour Catalogue onto your website. Existing account with AS Colour Required. - [Pack & Send] (https://www.website.world/blog/2223937): Australian courier option (live pricing) - [StarShipIT Courier Integration] (https://www.website.world/starshipit): StarShipIT seamlessly integrates with Website World to streamline the process of shipping your orders. StarShipIT provides access to Australia Post, DHL, Royal Mail, Aramex, Couriers Please, Deutsche Post, DHL, DPD, Hunter Express, NZ Post, Quantium Solutions, Seko, Sendle, Singapore Post, StarTrack, TNT, Toll, UPS, Zoom2u, Border Express, Hermes, Mainfreight 2Home, Deliver In Person - [Domain Names] (https://www.website.world/blog/41419): What is a domain name? A domain name is a web address. You need a web address in order to have a live website on the internet. How much does a domain name cost? - [Mastering Meta Descriptions: Boost Clicks from Google] (https://www.website.world/mastering-meta-descriptions): Learn what meta descriptions are, why they are important and best practices for writing them, with the goal of increasing your clicks from Google! - [What is a Website Builder?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-website-builder): Beginner’s guide to website builders – learn what a website builder is, how it works without any coding, and how to choose the best website builder for your business. Perfect for small businesses, bloggers, and startups. - [How to Charge a Customer a Tarrif] (https://www.website.world/how-to-charge-a-tariff): When sending parcels overseas, it may be necessary for a merchant to add a tariff charge to a customer's order. Learn how to do this here. - [What Makes a Good Website Builder? 7 Must Have Features] (https://www.website.world/what-makes-a-good-website-builder): Choosing the right website builder can be confusing, so we've put together information on the 7 essential features a great website builder needs. Find out what they are now! - [How to Choose the Best Website Builder for Your Business] (https://www.website.world/how-to-choose-best-website-builder): Let us walk you through the process of choosing the best website builder for your business, identifying key features to consider and compare the differences between top website builders. - [December 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/326020): In this Christmas issue of Website Builder News, December 2010... Training Options Our Christmas Present to You Quick Professional Touchup 20 Beautiful New Templates Domain Names How to setup Multiple Screens on your Desk New Website - Geeks on Wheels Holiday Hours Social Media Tip of the Month Search Engine Optimisation Tip of the Month Free website design for charity - And the Winner is? The year in review Start your own website builder business How to help us prom - [7 Ways to Increase Conversion Rates on Your eCommerce Site] (https://www.website.world/7-ways-to-increase-conversion-rates): We share 7 things you can do to help increase your shop's conversion rates. - [Square] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/square-up-pos-ecommerce-platform): Integrate your shopping cart with Square to sync products, customers, orders from Square with your website. - [Cin7 Core] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/cin7-core-ecommerce-platform): Our integration with Cin7 Core Inventory includes importing products, customers, syncing stock levels and pricing, and pushing new web orders back to Cin7 Core. (Previously known as Dear Inventory ) - [What Consumers Really Think About Businesses Using AI] (https://www.website.world/consumer-thoughts-on-businesses-using-ai): We dive into identifying exactly what consumers think about businesses using AI, plus discuss the three key findings of this research with you. A must read for all businesses! - [Square] (https://www.website.world/blog/2227383): Card payment acceptance with the Square app is currently available in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France and Spain. - [Can You Sell AI Generated Art Online?] (https://www.website.world/selling-ai-generated-art-online): Wanting to sell your AI generated artwork online? We discuss potential copyright issues, choosing which artworks to sell and tips on selling it online, including a free 30 day trial of our website builder. - [Using AI for Website Images] (https://www.website.world/using-ai-for-website-images): Is AI ok for website images? Will it help with SEO? What AI image generators can I use? Why shouldn't I use AI generated images on my website? We cover it all. - [Paystation Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/blog/2226173): Setup Fee 149 bank feesMonthly Fee 39 per month includes 100 transactions plus monthly bank fees apply - [Free Websites For Students] (https://www.website.world/free-websites-for-students): Website World is currently offering free website hosting for high school and university students who create a website for an academic related project, or for a student owned commercial enterprise. - [Domain Name Cost Rise July 2025] (https://www.website.world/domain-name-cost-rise-2025): Renew your domain names before 1st July 2025 to avoid domain name increases which are led by the .nz Domain Registry, not Website World. - [Human Vs AI Generated Meta Descriptions] (https://www.website.world/human-vs-ai-meta-descriptions): We tested 9 meta description AI generators to find out if they can write better meta descriptions than a human can. We discuss our results and create even more questions to research and share with you! - [February News 2025] (https://www.website.world/blog/2224203): We're about to launch our new user interface! Come and learn more about it. - [December News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2224201): Learn how to write a homepage and view examples of Facebook posts which get great engagement levels. - [November News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2224200): It's time to double check that your web design looks great and meets your business' requirements. - [January News 2025] (https://www.website.world/blog/2224202): Discover how you can claim affiliate and referral discounts, plus solve common wholesale challenges. - [Westpac WIPS Plus] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/westpac-wips-compatible-ecommerce-platform): Setup: $275 Transactions: 2%-4% Monthly: $45 includes 200 trans Additional Transactions: 20 cents Westpac can offer you a direct solution for merchant account and WIPS, technically the same as DPS. - [New Year Website Makeover: Tips on Refreshing Your Website] (https://www.website.world/new-year-website-makeover): The new year is a great time to give your website a makeover. Follow our easy list of tips to get started! - [Discount Pricing Strategies] (https://www.website.world/discount-pricing-strategies): Explore some of the many types of discount pricing strategies you can use within your website to encourage sales volume, while retaining your profit margins. - [What Does Great Web Design Look Like?] (https://www.website.world/great-web-design): We discuss the key features of a well designed website, helping you to create one which meets your requirements. - [Tips on How to Write a Website Homepage] (https://www.website.world/write-website-homepage): Learn what your homepage requires in terms of features, as well as a few quick tips on the content writing. - [How to Ask for Product Reviews] (https://www.website.world/how-to-ask-for-product-reviews): We discuss some of the key ways you can ask customers for product reviews and methods of collecting them. - [How to Optimise Your Blog for Search Engines] (https://www.website.world/optimise-blog-search-engines): Learn six ways you can use Blog SEO to increase website traffic from search engines. - [October News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2220719): It may only be near the end of October, but we thought that this month we'd share some early Christmas marketing to help kickstart the season - [September News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2220718): This September we're focusing on helpful information for B2B businesses. - [Common Mistakes When Designing a Website] (https://www.website.world/common-mistakes-when-designing-website): We identify the common mistakes made when designing a website, along with ways to fix them to ensure your business presents a professional image online. - [How to Create an SEO Strategy] (https://www.website.world/create-seo-strategy): Learn what an SEO strategy is and how to create one for your website, helping it to rank higher and more frequently in Google search results. - [7 Christmas Marketing Ideas for Your Business] (https://www.website.world/christmas-marketing-ideas): In desperate need of some fresh and exciting Christmas marketing ideas for your business? Then check out these seven original and attention grabbing ideas now! - [How to Increase Website Sales at Christmas] (https://www.website.world/increase-sales-christmas): If you want to increase the number of sales on your website this Christmas, then read on! We're sharing our top suggestions on how to supercharge your website sales this festive season! - [How to Write an About Us Page] (https://www.website.world/write-about-us-page): Learn more about what an About Us page is, the benefits of having one and the different aspects to include when writing your About Us page. - [Email Statistics] (https://www.website.world/blog/224206): We now have lots of email stats to help improve the quality of your emails. Learn who read your emails, or what links they clicked. - [Customised Shopping Carts] (https://www.website.world/blog/204778): Learn what can and cannot be customised here - [Membership Subscription Management] (https://www.website.world/membership-subscription-management): Customers can start or renew a paid subscription to your website or club. The system can generate passwords and provide instant login access to secure areas of your website. The system can automatically generate and monitor expiry dates for the subscription - [Digital Document Sales] (https://www.website.world/blog/204772): Sell PDF online or sell MP3 online or sell any other digital media online easily using our shopping cart. At the completion of an online sale, files will be emailed to the customer in real time. Multiple files can be purchased per order. There is a limit of 5MB per file as this is the maximum that can be sent by email. - [Where Can I Get Help with My Website?] (https://www.website.world/blog/website-help): We provide multiple ways for you to get help with managing your website including video tutorials, FAQs, a comprehensive support website, a Facebook support group and a team of professional developers and designers. - [Does My Business Need a Website?] (https://www.website.world/blog/do-businesses-need-website): Yes! A website is a valuable asset which helps give businesses the opportunities to reach a wider audience, sell online and increase sales, showcase and promote a brand and many additional benefits. - [Appointment Scheduling (Services Booking)] (https://www.website.world/appointment-scheduling-with-payment): It is easy to take bookings for services from customers. This feature might be used by physios, dentists, massage therapists, house cleaners, or tour operators running regular service times. - [Create Your Own Website for Free] (https://www.website.world/create-your-own-website-for-free): Website World helps individuals & business succeed online. Create your own website for free with our awesome and easy to use DIY website builder. - [Free Website Templates] (https://www.website.world/free-website-templates.html): Discover our free website templates and how easy they are to use when creating a new website with Website World. - [Using Website Statistics] (https://www.website.world/blog/using-website-statistics): Website statistics tell you important information about the visitors to your website. We discuss the tool we provide plus where you can get additional information from. - [How Long Does it Take to Build a Website?] (https://www.website.world/blog/how-long-to-build-a-website): We like our customers to have expectations of the level of service we will provide. Below you will find our preferred timeline for completing projects. - [How Much Does a Website Cost?] (https://www.website.world/blog/how-much-does-website-cost): Find out what the initial and ongoing costs of having a website are. - [What is Web Hosting?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-web-hosting): Web hosting is a paid online service that keeps your website live 24/7 on the internet for anyone to see. - [Best UX Design Practices for B2B Websites] (https://www.website.world/ux-design-practices-for-b2b): Discover the best user design practices for B2B websites and what the benefits for your website of using them are. - [Stamped IO] (https://www.website.world/blog/833017): Add reviews and rating widgets to your website, with a third party service that manages the requesting of ratings from customers following purchases from your website. - [Netsuite] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/netsuite): The integration with Netsuite is available via a third party. Contact Matthew from ThinkNew to gain access to this integration. - [Connect Wise] (https://www.website.world/blog/831695): Our native integration with Connect Wise, includes members, products, stock, and sales. - [Zapier] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/zapier-ecommerce-platform): Automate your tasks with Zapier. - [Klaviyo ] (https://www.website.world/klaviyo): eCommerce with Klaviyo marketing platforms via custom setup. Klaviyo helps brands increase sales by using targeted email, Facebook and Instagram marketing. - [MailChimp] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/mailchimp-ecommerce-platform): Import / Export email lists between our 2 systems - [Calla Concepts] (https://www.website.world/blog/987696): E-commerce site by Small Fish Websites. https://www.smallfishwebsites.co.nz/ - [The Flower Lab - E-commerce] (https://www.website.world/blog/2217018): E-commerce store built by customer - [Lily & George (NZ and AU) -E-commerce] (https://www.website.world/blog/955213): E-commerce sites, each with a retail plus wholesale portals. Unleashed integration on all four shops. Website copy by Spotty Lizard. www.lilyandgeorge.co.nz www.lilyandgeorge.com.au - [Common B2B Challenges and Solutions] (https://www.website.world/common-b2b-challenges-and-solutions): Find out the common B2B challenges, and what the solutions are to make running your B2B company smoother. - [Designing Your Website] (https://www.website.world/blog/designing-your-website): Designing your website requires you to have planned ahead at what you want the end product to look and function like. Complete this checklist to be ready to start your web design. - [August News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2215960): This August, we have a focus on taking great product photos and marketing support. - [Dannic Drinks -E-commerce] (https://www.website.world/blog/2215451): E-commerce & Subscription website designed by E-Compass. - [GoSweetSpot Courier Aggregator Integration] (https://www.website.world/gosweetspot): Quickly print courier tickets and update your order status from within GoSweetspot. GSS provides access to the following couriers Castle Parcels, Post Haste, NZ Couriers, URgent Couriers, Urgent Trucks, Now Couriers, MainStream Freight, TIL Freight, NZ POst, Fedex Express, First Global, Kerry Logistics - [BNZ Buyline Integration now supported] (https://www.website.world/blog/79162): Web Widgets now supports BNZ Buyline as a payment gateway with no 3rd party aggregator required. There is no fee for our integration, and is included free with any ecommerce hosting package. - [Zappy Courier Aggregator Platform] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/parcelport): Zappy has an integration with us that will stream line the process to print labels and dispatch orders. Zappy provides access to PostHaste, Castle Parcels, Now Couriers, Courier Post, TNZ, SF Express - [Humm (AUD only)] (https://www.website.world/humm-ecommerce-platform): Installments - Humm lets customer pay in 4 fortnightly payments AUD only - [Payoneer] (https://www.website.world/payoneer-bank-accounts): Payoneer allows you to receive bank transfer payments in another currency, to your own unique bank account in common international currencies - [Flo2Cash Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/blog/476299): Setup Fee: $200 including merchant account. Monthly Fee: $30 Bank Transaction Fee: from 3.4% - [eWay Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/eway-compatible-ecommerce-platform): Merchant accounts now included. Free monthly plan options, with some free transaction options. Plus 3.4% transaction fee. NZ UK AU HK SG MY - [Stripe] (https://www.website.world/stripe-shopping-cart): Stripe is a popular new multi currency option, very competitive against Paypal, no merchant account required, and automatic bank transfers. Just 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction. - [Capturing the Perfect Product Photos] (https://www.website.world/perfect-product-photos): Grab these nifty tips on how to capture the perfect product photos, along with a list of the types of product photos you can select from. - [Zip ] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/zip-compatible-ecommerce-platform): Installments - Customers pay in 4 equal installments, over 6 weeks. For a guide to setting up the Zip integration - see Integrating Zip. - [July News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/July-News-2024): This month we've focused on Pinterest and YouTube growth strategies, along with some product SEO. - [June News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2214717): This month we're explaining key details about website branding, cost cutting and fraudulent transactions. - [Upselling Techniques to Increase Sales] (https://www.website.world/upselling-techniques): Check out these simple upselling techniques to grow your online business. - [Ways to Reduce Your Website Bandwidth] (https://www.website.world/reduce-website-bandwidth): Learn ways of reducing your website bandwidth. - [How to Grow Your Business Using Local SEO] (https://www.website.world/using-local-seo): Discover the importance of local SEO and how to use it on your website. - [Facebook] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/facebook): Pixel tracking. Facebook marketplace price feed. Social sharing. Comments. Page feeds. - [Starting a Side Hustle Business] (https://www.website.world/side-hustle-business): Interested in starting a side hustle business? Here's a quick guide on choosing your products, business promotion and building a website to sell them through. - [WorldLine Click] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/worldline-paymark): A payment integration from WorldLine, requiring an existing NZ merchant account from your bank. $25 per month + 20 cents per transaction. Subscriptions and Automatic payments supported - [Pin Payments] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/pin-payments): Accept card payments from your store from 1.9% + $0.30 per transaction. No merchant account required, no setup or monthly fee. Subscriptions and Automatic payments supported. - [Fraudulent Transactions, and who pays?] (https://www.website.world/blog/fraudulent-transactions-who-pays): It can be very upsetting for a merchant to discover a transaction is fraudulent. They may have already sent the goods, and paid for the freight fees, and then the payment provider forces a refund of the full payment. - [Website Branding] (https://www.website.world/website-branding): You have only seconds to impress your website visitors. We're going to explain what you should be including within your website to achieve a fabulous branded site. - [Pin Payments] (https://www.website.world/blog/2212702): Pin Payments offers a complete solution for accepting card payments online, no merchant account is required - [April News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2211622): Focused upon using email marketing. - [May News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/2212701): Focused on AI uses, winter marketing and a great new site of the month. - [Using AI Generated Content Within Your Website] (https://www.website.world/using-ai-generated-website-content): Learn more about using AI generated content within your website, including knowing what Google thinks about it and what some of the best AI generators you can use are. - [Blocking Website Traffic By Country] (https://www.website.world/blocking-traffic): How to block specific countries from accessing your website through the CMS. - [How to Use Email Marketing to Nurture Leads] (https://www.website.world/using-email-marketing-nurture-leads): Learn how to use email marketing to nurture leads for your business and what you could include in your email campaigns. - [Lightspeed POS Integration] (https://www.website.world/lightspeed): Use our Lightspeed API integration to either synchronise your stock/sales with Lightspeed, or to migrate from Lightspeed to our own Shopping/POS/Inventory platform - [Paypal Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/paypal-shopping-cart): Setup fee: Nill Monthly fee: Nill Transaction Fee: 2.4 - 3.4% plus 45 cents. 17 major currencies including (US$, NZ$, AU$, EUR, GBP etc) Funds deposited to your account only on special request, then it takes 1-3 days. - [AliPay and WeChat, Diners Club and Union Pay] (https://www.website.world/wechat-alipay-ecommerce-platform): Do you want to accept payment by AliPay and WeChat also? - [American Express] (https://www.website.world/blog/476292): You can apply to american express directly for a merchant account. They have a one time setup fee and no monthly fees. However, to accept payments online, you will need to connect this to your existing payment gateway. Check with your payment gateway first just to make sure they are compatible. - [Historical data retention] (https://www.website.world/blog/988110): As websites grow many years old, the data volume increases. Learn how we deal with historical and stale data. - [How to Thank Your Customers for Their Purchases] (https://www.website.world/thanking-customers-for-purchases): A simple thank you note really does show your customer that they matter to you! Learn different ways of saying thank you to grow your customer loyalty. - [Case Study: Using Contact Forms to Increase Conversions - JVS Gasfitting] (https://www.website.world/case-study-jvs-gasfitting): JVS Gasfitting have made good use of contact forms and calls to action to make it easy for customers to contact them. - [Blogging for eCommerce: What You Need to Know] (https://www.website.world/blogging-for-ecommerce): Discover the importance of blogging for eCommerce SEO, how to add a blog to your website and what the key SEO points are. - [March News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/987736): This March, it's time to take a new look at your website's eCommerce SEO, making changes when required to help it benefit from an increase in organic traffic. - [How to Do eCommerce Keyword Research] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce-keyword-research): Discover the steps you need to take to complete eCommerce keyword research for your website to increase the amount of traffic you receive from search engines. - [Creating Your eCommerce SEO Strategy] (https://www.website.world/creating-ecommerce-seo-strategy): Discover 9 quick and easy to implement eCommerce SEO steps to help increase your website traffic numbers. - [Distance / Time Freight Calculator] (https://www.website.world/courier-integration/google-distance-time-calculator): Do you have a truck, or delivery van? Would you like to calculate the cost of freight for customers by the actual delivery distance and time from your depot/kitchen? Perfect for large goods delivery, tow trucks, cake makers, or caterers. - [Best eCommerce SEO Tools] (https://www.website.world/best-ecommerce-seo-tools): Discover some of the best eCommerce SEO tools to use to help grow your website's search engine results. - [January News 2024] (https://www.website.world/blog/986679): To get you revved up and ready for the year, this month we're focusing on upselling and marketing. - [September News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/986674): This September, we're focusing on understanding and setting freight costs on your website, along with key information you need to ensure your customers know about, plus ways to increase website sales. - [October News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/986676): This October we've got a landing page focus on optimisation, CRO and optimisation. - [November News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/986677): This November, we are focusing on some of the technological changes we have access to online. - [December News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/986678): This December we are focused on what to do with your website over the holidays and summer themed Christmas stock photos. - [Should I Take My Website Offline for the Holidays?] (https://www.website.world/blog/freeparking-offline-options): When you go on holiday, who manages your website orders? Do you tell your customers that you’re heading away, so they better buy now? Or do you take your website offline for the holidays? If you’re now wondering, can I even do that, stop. Today we’re going to discuss how to manage your website when you take a holiday. - [What Type of Content Should I Create?] (https://www.website.world/type-of-content-to-create): What type of content should you create for your website? What does each piece of content need to be successful? What about SEO for the content? We dive into understand the types of website content, things it should contain and SEO pointers for each individual page. - [Why You Should Be Upselling] (https://www.website.world/why-use-upselling): Discover what is upselling and the reasons why you should be using it on your website, along with some suggestions on how to do so. - [Selling Seasonal Products - Yay or Nay?] (https://www.website.world/selling-seasonal-products): Is selling seasonal products for you? Is it profitable and can you do it online? We look at the pros and cons of seasonal products and their associated marketing. - [Supporting Charities 2023] (https://www.website.world/supporting-charaties-2023): Each year we choose several charities to support as well as donating to our regular charities. Here are the amounts we supported our charities with in 2023. - [What is Two Factor Authentication or 2FA?] (https://www.website.world/blog/what-is-2fa): Discover what two factor authentication, also known as 2FA is, how it works and why you should consider having it on your website. - [What is ChatGPT & How Do I Use It?] (https://www.website.world/chatgpt-how-to-use): Learn what ChatGPT is, how it works, how you can use it and the pros and cons you will face when using it. - [Mailer Lite] (https://www.website.world/blog/979073): Import / Export email lists between our 2 systems - [Best Product Category SEO Strategies] (https://www.website.world/product-category-seo-strategies): Learn why product category SEO cannot be ignored, how it works and 5 key strategies you can use to help increase organic traffic to your product category pages. - [Conversion Rate Optimisation] (https://www.website.world/conversion-rate-optimisation): We will be discussing how to calculate your website's conversion rate optimisation, conversion rate analysis, setting your conversion goals, developing your CRO plan and some of the eCommerce CRO strategies you can implement in this informative guide. - [March News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/march-news-2023): Learn about our hosting plan changes, the benefits of having multiple payment options and get the chance to compare Etsy with Website World. - [April News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/978453): This April, we're all about getting your business noticed and found through SEO and social media - [May News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/may-news-2023): This May, we are highlighting 5 wholesaling challenges and their solutions, along with the key pricing tools available to our users, and the upcoming changes with Google Analytics 4. - [June News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/june-news-2023): This June, we'll help warm up your sales with some winter marketing ideas, plus answer the SEO questions we get asked the most. - [August News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/978461): This August, we're focusing on understanding and setting freight costs on your website, along with key information you need to ensure your customers know about, plus ways to increase website sales. - [July News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/july-news-2023): It's time to go green this month and discover 18 ways to go green at work, how to grow your digital marketing list and get yourself some green web hosting. - [eCommerce SEO - What You Really Need to Know] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce-seo): Get yourself an overview of what eCommerce SEO is and the specific tasks it requires for your website to rank well in search engine results. - [The Kitchen Shop] (https://www.website.world/blog/229596): A great, New Zealand business, provided excellent design options and would assist me promptly when help was needed. - [Writing SEO Content] (https://www.website.world/writing-seo-content): Discover how to write SEO content for your website to increase your page rankings, visitor numbers and lower your bounce rate. - [Heather Douglas, The David Awards] (https://www.website.world/blog/david-awards-testimonial): Website World generously took over, redesigned and fully supports the website of The David Awards. This was a complex migration combined with a complete revamp of the look and feel of the old site. Reuben and his team very quickly understood our needs, the process was well thought through and - although given our big asks there may have been a lot of hair-pulling behind the scenes - appeared seamless. We couldn't be happier with the result: a fast, professional, easy-to-use website and a powerful CMS which readily combines grunt and simplicity. And the support is amazing - any minor glitch is quickly and effectively sorted, while adding functionality or expanding our offering is never a problem. Thank you so much, Website World, we love your work and value your support! - [Kruizey Kidz] (https://www.website.world/blog/229589): Since changing my website to Web Widgets, it has increased my sales untold, the help I have received from Reuben and his staff has been wonderful and they have gone way beyond what I have ever experienced before for the help in getting my site live and since they are there for every question that you have with the right answers - I love the layout and the easy way to do your own site on Web Widgets and since joining them I have been encouraging others to come across also - [Gifts on Rathbone] (https://www.website.world/blog/229610): I've been more than happy with the support & service I've received from Reuben & his Web Widgets team and would highly recommend Web Widgets as a very easy to use, effective Web site building company. - [KJ Designs] (https://www.website.world/blog/751019): I love my Website World Website... it does everything I want it to, and makes the selling process so easy. I like how simple and quick it is for me to add new products, issue vouchers and discounts, delete products etc. There are so many design options, there is something for everyone. - [Design by Morris and Co] (https://www.website.world/blog/751530): Love love love our website. So easy to use, loads of features & options that suit us perfectly & a great support network for any queries. Affordable & love that we are using a NZ owned provider. Would happily recommend to anyone. - [Pricing Calculators - Complex Product Pricing] (https://www.website.world/blog/custom-calcs-product-pricing-calculator): Do you have more complex product pricing requirements? We now offer calculators that can determine manufactured product prices, coveragearea, material consumption, spans multiple dimensions, considers wastage, or controls quantity. - [Resolving Common Wholesale Challenges] (https://www.website.world/resolving-common-wholesale-challenges): There are common challenges that most wholesalers struggle with. We identify five wholesale challenges along with suggested solutions to consider. - [How to Choose a Website Template] (https://www.website.world/how-to-choose-a-website-template): Discover the seven things you must consider when choosing a website template, and view a few of the professionally designed templates you can use when building a site with us. - [How to Write an Email Newsletter Which Gets Read] (https://www.website.world/write-email-newsletter): Having trouble writing email newsletters? We share the common characteristics of high performing newsletters, ideas on content to include in your newsletters, tips on designing a newsletter and two free tools which can help analyse your email subject headings. - [Best Newsletter Email Subject Line Examples & How to Write Them] (https://www.website.world/best-email-subject-line-examples): The best email subject lines have high open rates. We share our list of the top subject line examples, along with tips on how to write them, to increase the success of your newsletters. - [Best Website for eCommerce? It's Us & Here's Why] (https://www.website.world/best-website-ecommerce): When you're setting up an eCommerce website, you want to get it right the first time. We explain why our website platform is the best place you can build and host your online store. Get the best: find out why here. - [A Beginner's Guide to Understanding What is SEO] (https://www.website.world/what-is-seo): SEO or search engine optimisation helps your website be found and ranked well in search engine results. We've written this beginner's guide to understanding what is SEO to help you do both correctly. - [What Are Subdomains, Do They Affect SEO & Do I Need One?] (https://www.website.world/what-are-subdomains): Subdomains can be a tricky beast to understand and use. In this article, we explain what they are, how they can affect your site's SEO and the reasons why you would want one for your website. - [Choosing a Payment Plan for Your Website: What Are Your Options?] (https://www.website.world/choosing-payment-plan): There's an ever increasing range of website payment plans to choose from, each with their own pros and cons. Learn what your choices are and how to pick the best ones for your website. - [Choosing, Creating & Marketing Digital Products to Sell] (https://www.website.world/create-digital-products): Considering selling digital products from your website, but not sure where to start? We'll explain the types of digital products you can make and sell, plus share tips on how to create them. Check out this handy guide now. - [Using Google Analytics 4] (https://www.website.world/using-google-analytics-4): Google Analytics 4 or GA4 is Google's newest web analytics property that tracks visitor activity on both websites and apps. With more features and data available to you than the previous version, Universal Analytics, you will be better able to understand how visitors interact with your website. - [How Podcasting Can Help Grow Your Business] (https://www.website.world/how-podcasting-grows-business.html): Podcasting is a term coined by Ben Hammersley in a 2004 article he wrote for The Guardian newspaper when trying to create a term to identify the online audio recordings being made for MP3 players and iPods. Ben blended ‘Pod’ from the iPod and ‘Cast’ from the end of the word Broadcast to form podcast, which has made Apple jump for joy at all the free marketing of their iPod. - [What is a POS System & Do I Need One?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-pos-system): One of the features we offer is a POS system for our CMS users. We discuss what a POS system is, plus explain when using one may be right for your business. - [Outsourcing Your SEO: What You Really Need to Know First] (https://www.website.world/outsourcing-seo): Before outsourcing your SEO, it's important to discover if your business is ready to do so, plus know the top things to look for in an SEO professional. We'll share both of these with you today. - [Beginners Guide to Using Instagram for Business] (https://www.website.world/instagram-for-business): If you're new to the world of Instagram, then this article is for you! We explain what Instagram is, why your business needs to be on it and how to use it effectively to drive traffic to your website. - [Help On Choosing Your Bulk Email Marketing Platform] (https://www.website.world/help-choosing-bulk-email-marketing-plaform): As a small to medium sized business, there's a high chance you are or want to send bulk emails to your list. In this article, we explain how to pick the right platform, plus describe the features of some of the most common email software options. - [Using the Google Shopping Experience Scorecard] (https://www.website.world/google-shopping-experience-scorecard): Learn what the Google Shopping Experience Scorecard is and where you can set it up for your business. - [Hosting Pricing Changes - April 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/963402): Due to inflationary pressures, we unfortunately need to make adjustments to our hosting plans. Rather than change the pricing of our plans, we will be reducing some of the benefits of each plan, that may require an optional change of hosting plan. - [Benefits of Multiple Payment Options on Your Website] (https://www.website.world/benefits-multiple-payment-options): Etsy delaying payments to its sellers recently demonstrated why online sellers need to be able to accept multiple payment options. We look at the benefits and how to select your payment gateways. - [How to Optimise Your Web Pages Meta Tags] (https://www.website.world/optimise-web-pages-meta-tags): Learn what web page meta tags are and how to enter them in your CMS to improve your website's SEO. - [What is a Meta Description and How to Write One] (https://www.website.world/write-meta-description): You spend a lot of time and effort creating great content on your web pages. This can be lost if you don't have a meta description written which is enticing, contains the correct number of characters and includes a call to action. We discuss the best practice on how to write a great meta description and why they are such an important meta tag. - [Does My Small Handmade Product Business Need a Website?] (https://www.website.world/small-business-need-website): You're running your business through Facebook, selling your handmade products to people who follow your page. Do you even need a website at all or is it a complete waste of money? As a Mum in business, this is a must read for you! - [Your Guide on How to Write Product Descriptions] (https://www.website.world/write-product-descriptions): If writing product descriptions is something you struggle with, then read up! We share with you the characteristics of a great description, tips on writing descriptions and actually show you how to write product descriptions which get results! - [December News 2022] (https://www.website.world/dec23-news): In our newsletter this month, we thought it would be helpful to share with you some of our most popular articles of the year - [November News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/962145): Tis the season to be selling, and this month we've focused on sales funnels and marketing techniques to help you grow your business. - [Easy Ways to Increase Online Sales Through An eCommerce Store] (https://www.website.world/increase-online-sales): Are sales through your eCommerce store not doing as well as you'd like them to be? We've put together this collection of tips to help you easily increase online sales through your website. - [February News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/962148): We share some Easter marketing ideas, plus discuss the use of website popups and how to choose your keywords for SEO. - [January News 2023] (https://www.website.world/blog/962147): This month we are focusing on ways to scale your business online and how to use Pinterest for business. - [Free Freight & Other Tips To Increase Website Sales] (https://www.website.world/tips-to-increase-website-sales): One of the key areas eCommerce website owners monitor is the amount of online sales they make. While this number can vary depending on seasonal changes, SEO or the products you sell, there are things you can do to increase website sales. Let's check them out! - [Top Tips On Running Facebook Giveaways] (https://www.website.world/tips-on-running-facebook-giveaways): Everybody loves a Facebook giveaway, except Facebook when you get it wrong. No longer is hosting a giveaway as simple as having a prize and giving it away to a winner because there are specific rules you need to follow to prevent your giveaway being shut down. - [Autumn Online Marketing Ideas ] (https://www.website.world/autumn-online-marketing-ideas): Discover 8 great autumn themed marketing ideas you can take advantage of to help increase website traffic and online sales at the end of summer. - [Choosing Your Keywords for Maximum SEO Benefit] (https://www.website.world/choosing-your-keywords-for-seo): Learn how to choose the best keywords for your website which help you to rank highly in search engine results. Then find out exactly where you should be using these keywords in your website. - [Beginners Guide to Using Pinterest for Business in NZ] (https://www.website.world/using-pinterest-for-business): So you want to learn how to use Pinterest for your business? Read on, because we've created the most comprehensive guide for NZ businesses on how to use and master this visual social media platform. - [2023 Guide to Scaling Your Business Online] (https://www.website.world/scaling-your-business-online): Get ready to scale your business online during 2023! We share 8 must do tasks to help you grow your online business! - [Tips On Creating a Business Plan] (https://www.website.world/tips-creating-business-plan): Creating a business plan doesn't need to be something you put into the too hard basket. In this article we share tips on how to create a business plan which works for you, and doesn't leave you pulling your hair out! - [Your Guide to Choosing Website Fonts] (https://www.website.world/guide-choosing-website-fonts): Have you decided which fonts you'll use on your website? If so, how do you know you've chosen the right fonts? We explain what characteristics make a great font and suggest some popular fonts you may want to trial. - [Website Popups: What Are They & Do You Need Them?] (https://www.website.world/website-popups): Should you be using a website popup? Do they help you sell more or get more enquiries? We look at the pros and cons of using popups on a website. - [How to Choose the Right Social Media Platforms for Your Business] (https://www.website.world/choosing-business-social-media-platforms): Knowing which social media platforms are the most popular with New Zealander's, helps businesses know which social channels they should be using. In this article, we will share details on the leading social networks, and information on how to choose the right ones for your business. - [Local SEO for Retailers] (https://www.website.world/local-seo-for-retailers): Learn more about local SEO for retailers, including what it is and how to get local website traffic and more people walking into your bricks and mortar store! - [7 Tips On Writing Home Page Content] (https://www.website.world/write-home-page-content): Writing content for your home page is different from other pages on your website. As it's arguably one of the most important pages on a website, it's important to get it right! We're sharing seven of the best content writing suggestions with you, plus details on writing SEO friendly home page content. - [NZ Guide to Corporate Gift Giving at Christmas] (https://www.website.world/christmas-corporate-gift-giving): As a business, choosing whether to give Christmas corporate gifts and then finding those gifts can be a mission! We explain why corporate gift giving occurs, who gifts should be given to, how much you should spend and what the best gifts are. - [Strategies to Speed Up Your Customer's Buying Decision ] (https://www.website.world/customers-buying-decision): Your eCommerce website exists to sell your products online, as well as building up your brand's authority. Ideally you want them to purchase your products on your site now, not after searching online for alternatives. After all, once they leave your site, they may not come back! Today we're discussing the reasons why people buy things, plus share ways you can help them decide to purchase from your website faster. - [Beginners Guide to Using Calls to Action] (https://www.website.world/blog/746265): Ever been asked if you’re using calls to action and not known what to answer? We'll explain what they are, how to write them and how to use your CTA! - [How Great Website Photography Can Raise Your Sales ] (https://www.website.world/Great-Website-Photography-Can-Raise-Your-Sales): As the old saying goes, a picture can tell a thousand words. Great website photography will surely be worth a million! We'll discuss what makes a great website photo, give you some tips on taking those photos and share some great sizes for website photos. - [Tips on choosing a domain name] (https://www.website.world/tips-on-choosing-a-domain-name): Choosing a domain name for your website is something many business owners struggle with. But with so many variations available and advice being offered, it can be hard to pick just one! So here are our tips on how to choose the right domain name for your website. - [What Are Sales Funnels & How Do I Create One?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-sales-funnel): Sales funnels are a great tool every website owner should learn to create and use. We discuss what a sales funnel is, why you would need one and give you a step by step guide on how to create one. Start your sales funnels here! - [SEO and Google Ads: What's the Difference & Which One is Best for Me?] (https://www.website.world/SEO-AdWords): SEO and Google Ads are two types major players when it comes to website SEO. We will discuss what each of them are and offer, plus how to pick the right option for your business website promotion. - [Writing Persuasive Website Copy Which Sells] (https://www.website.world/blog/669960): Websites are there to sell your products or services, but they do have a significant disadvantage to a physical store – people can’t see, touch or feel anything – other than emotion. The emotion is what is going to sell your products, so you need to write persuasive web copy. Nielsen research showed that 79% of website visitors actually only read headlines and scan for keywords, which makes it even more important that you pay particular attention to what you put on your pages and - [Best Ways To Optimise Website Images] (https://www.website.world/blog/669959): Images are essential for every website. They help to sell your product or service and make your website look great for your visitors. Unfortunately, they can cause your website loading time to be really slow. Learn how to best optimise your images here! - [Where To Find Great Social Media Content] (https://www.website.world/blog/669958): Finding great content can be tricky, which is why many businesses create their content to share on Facebook and other social media sites. But if you are not feeling creative, here are 8 places where you can find ideas for your Facebook or Instagram pages. - [How do I get more traffic to my website?] (https://www.website.world/blog/294631): Learn how to get your website higher on google and gain more traffic from other search engines and social networks. Learn the tips and tricks that will bring long term success to your online marketing. - [Exit Strategies For Your Website] (https://www.website.world/blog/291406): What is the last thing people do on our website. Idealy we would like people to buy or contact us, or perhaps subscribe to our newsletter. Are we considering the phsychology of our web vistors? What is our exit strategy? - [Video or no Video?] (https://www.website.world/blog/291409): Should I have video on my website? What kind of video should I have on my website? How can I monetise the use of video? - [Is blogging enough?] (https://www.website.world/blog/178994): There's a lot to be said for blogging and forums, and their ability to increase your search engine rankings. But are you better off with a content management system that enables you to update blogs, as well as other types of pages? - [I'm Too Busy to Need a Website] (https://www.website.world/blog/179112): A lot of people say they don't need a website because they don't want any more customers; but there's another side to this story. - ["It's better to have no website than a website under construction"] (https://www.website.world/blog/179113): Often said, but how much truth is there to this? - [Too many voucher websites?] (https://www.website.world/blog/343222): So trademe has launched treatme amongst a plethora of other vouchers websites, so what do i think about it... - [Writing better newsletters] (https://www.website.world/blog/314020): Enjoyed someone elses seminar on writing better email newsletters today, and here's my thoughts - [One Page Sales Funnels] (https://www.website.world/one-page-sales-funnels): Needing a shorter sales funnel that encourages purchases faster? A one page sales funnel might be right for you. Learn what it is, what it contains and how to pre-frame your audience for optimal conversion rates. - [Are Small Websites Better Than Big Websites?] (https://www.website.world/blog/179115): Is there any truth to the suggestion that small websites are better than big websites? We look into this further, helping you decide the type of website to build. - [Landing Page Optimisation & CRO] (https://www.website.world/landing-page-optimisation-cro): In this landing page optimisation guide, we will discuss what a landing page is and how it works, explain what conversion rate optimisation is, elements of a landing page, how to optimise a landing page to increase its conversion rate, and why all of this is important. We will also share tips on how to create high performing ones for your online store. - [Building a Successful Sales Funnel] (https://www.website.world/building-a-successful-sales-funnel): Yes, you need a sales funnel! We explain what it is, what benefits it can bring you, how to create your own sales funnel and what you can use to measure its success. - [What is Your Unique Selling Proposition?] (https://www.website.world/unique-selling-proposition): Ready to define your brand's unique selling proposition? Learn why it is so important, how to develop and promote it, plus well known brand examples to get your creative juices flowing. - [30 eCommerce Sales Promotion Ideas] (https://www.website.world/30-ecommerce-sales-promotion-ideas): Get ready to sell more with these 30 fabulous eCommerce sales promotion ideas! Suitable for businesses of all sizes, you can't afford not to learn these today. - [Ultimate Christmas Email Marketing Guide] (https://www.website.world/christmas-email-marketing-guide): Start the season off on a bang using some of the great tips included in our Christmas email marketing guide! - [September News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/september-news-2022): This Spring, we've focusing on lead magnets, solving website indexing problems and celebrating the finalists of The David Awards 2022. - [October News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/october-news-2022): Christmas is coming and it is time to check your business is ready! We'll share some irresistible Christmas lead magnets, using Pinterest to boost your sales and how to prepare your website for the holidays. - [MYOB Integration] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/myob-compatible-ecommerce-platform): Integrate your website with MYOB New Essentials and AccountRight. Customer/Inventory Sync, and Invoice posting. - [Preparing Your Website for Christmas] (https://www.website.world/prepare-your-website-for-christmas): The holidays are coming, making today the best time to start preparing your website for Christmas! We'll walk you through our holiday checklist, help you Christmasfy your website banner and share where all the summer Christmas stock images are! - [Irresistible Christmas Themed Lead Magnets] (https://www.website.world/christmas-themed-lead-magnets): Discover 9 highly effective and irresistible Christmas themed lead magnets you can use to help grow your email list this holiday season. - [Seasonal Website Content ] (https://www.website.world/seasonal-website-content): It's Christmas! It's Easter! It's Black Friday! Here's why seasonal website content is important to have, and some suggestions on what you could add to your website right here. - [SEO verses SEM: What Are the Differences?] (https://www.website.world/seo-vs-sem): What are the differences between search engine optimisation and search engine marketing? We explore these, plus help you to decide which one, or both, you should be using for your website. - [August News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/952996): This month we look at what conversion rate optimisation and landing page optimisation are and how you can earn a 25% discount for referring a friend. - [Looking at Website Site Indexing] (https://www.website.world/website-site-indexing): We explain what website site indexing is, the common site indexing issues you may become aware of and discuss whether they are a problem you should be concerned about, or not. - [Completing a Landing Page CRO Audit] (https://www.website.world/completing-landing-page-cro-audit): Learn what a landing page CRO audit is, and what the 8 steps required during the audit are, in order to increase your conversion rates. - [What Are Lead Magnets & How Do I Create One?] (https://www.website.world/what-are-lead-magnets): Learn what a lead magnet is, get 27 great lead magnet ideas to make your own, and watch how to add a new lead magnet page to your website. - [Is my content backed up?] (https://www.website.world/blog/backups-data-restoration): Learn about our comprehensive backups and data restoration services. - [APPA - Promo Data ] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/appa-promotional-products-ecommerce-platform): We provide integration with APPA, giving you access to all the product suppliers connected to APPA ( Australasian Promotional Products Association ) - [Seat Booking - Group Activity Booking System] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce/bus-or-activity-seat-booking-system.html): Sell seats on a bus, boat, ride, where you have regular repeating event departures, and limited seats. Purchase quantity = seats. - [July News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/947553): Website World are green web hosts! Learn what this means, and find out how to solve your rural shipping problems. - [ The David Awards 2022!] (https://www.website.world/enter-the-david-awards-2022): Website World is proud to support the unsung heroes in NZ small businesses, through our sponsorship of The David Awards 2022. - [Selling Online During a Downturn] (https://www.website.world/selling-online-during-a-downturn): Sales are down and people are buying less. Learn ways of keeping your business viable during a downturn, including marketing tools and where to go for additional advice. - [Case Study: Automotive Part Finder and Booking Engine - Auckland Towbars] (https://www.website.world/case-study/auckland-towbars): Auckland Towbars use the power of our advanced eCommerce engine to help their customers find the right make and model of their vehicle, and to proceed to book and pay for their appointment. - [Responsive Mobile Templates Upgrade Completed] (https://www.website.world/responsive-mobile-templates-upgrade-completed.html): We have now completed the upgrade of our mobile responsive templates - [Oxfam - Women in Business - Samoa] (https://www.website.world/blog/324529): Traditionally as a Christmas present to our customers we have purchased goats chickens and similar items from Oxfam Unwrapped. This year we decided to donate $10000 towards a specific Oxfam project targeting 150 rural villages across Samoa. - [Samoa Team Conference and Oxfam Project] (https://www.website.world/blog/363652): We recently returned from our team building conference to Samoa involving viewing the work of an Oxfam project we are helping with. - [Forums versus Facebook] (https://www.website.world/blog/324530): Forums are a great way to interact with your members or customers, and get access to loads of great content, but with so many options to choose from, what do I think is best? - [How to add a Facebook Like button to a website] (https://www.website.world/blog/325128): We've just added a Like button to our website. And why you might like to do the same, and learn more about why. - [Triple screen desktops - Increasing productivity and staff morale] (https://www.website.world/blog/324528): Do you ever find that your computer screen is too small, and you are constantly tabbing through all your windows looking for what you need? Well there is an easier way - [Adsense - Passive income from high traffic websites] (https://www.website.world/google-adsense): For those with community or general interest websites, who have lots of traffic, may consider the use of Adsense to make a little recurring and passive income. - [Automated Everything - Shopping Cart - Payment Gateway - Xero and more] (https://www.website.world/blog/349760): Learn how we have setup our own service based business from an accounting perspective, some great ideas for those of you who want a shopping cart talking to Xero and more. - [How to pick the right payment gateway] (https://www.website.world/blog/178991): There are now over a dozen ways to accept credit card payments on your new website. How do you pick the one that is right for you? - [What is Green Web Hosting?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-green-web-hosting): Discover more about green web hosting, why web hosts choose to go green and how your website can be hosted by a green web host. - [Accommodation Bookings] (https://www.website.world/accommodation-booking-availability-system-for-website): It is easy to manage accommodation bookings. Suitable for single holiday homes or multiple room motels and hotels. Accommodation bookings are on an overnight basis. - [Event Booking] (https://www.website.world/blog/851998): Our events booking system makes it easy for customers to book group events occurring at specified dates and times, and with limited numbers of seats - [Using Appointment Scheduling Within Your Website] (https://www.website.world/using-appointment-scheduling): Yes, you can use your website to take bookings from customers and clients. This is great for hairdressers, tailors, physiotherapists and more! Come and see how easy it can be. - [Aramex] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/aramex): Integration with Aramex ensures your customers get the best priced freight, and you get streamlined order fulfilment. Manually push orders at Aramex from within the CMS. Get live pricing too. - [June News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/945917): This month we are taking a look at how you can make your wholesale pricing easier, and the different ways you can calculate your freight costs. - [May News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/945916): This month we are focusing on how to organise your products into categories, selling digital products online and winter marketing ideas for online retailers. - [April News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/945914): This month we are focusing on how to launch new products, start a blog and automate your shipping processes. - [Solving Your Rural Delivery Problems] (https://www.website.world/solving-rural-delivery-problems): Learn more about the common rural delivery problems and the solutions that you can use to resolve these, including automatic rural delivery address detection! - [Case Study: Worldwide Digital Sales Are No Problem - Kreative Kiwi ] (https://www.website.world/kreative-kiwi-embroidery-case-study): Kreative Kiwi needed a website which provided the flexibility to sell digital embroidery designs in multiple currencies and the ability for customers to download their designs easily after purchasing. Learn why Kreative Kiwi chose Website World to meet these and other requirements. - [Case Study: Website Booking System Reduces Administration ] (https://www.website.world/blog/booking-system-case-study): Smash Tennis use our integrated booking system to allow customers to book, edit, pay and check scheduled lessons, which has significantly reduced administration time and streamlined operations. - [Case Study: Surfing Success Using POS - New Wave NZ Surfboards] (https://www.website.world/blog/success-using-pos): New Wave NZ Surfboards owner Rachael Lalla needed to account for real time stock movement between her website and Gisborne surf store. She chose our POS and is enjoying the benefits it provides. - [Case Study: Customised Search Engine for Parts Database - AS Group NZ] (https://www.website.world/blog/customised-search-engine-database-case-study): AS Group needed a customised search engine for a parts database containing 10,000's of automotive products, plus a quick and easy way to upload these products. Website World provided a solution for both of these. - [Advanced eCommerce Features You Can Use] (https://www.website.world/using-advanced-ecommerce-features): Learn about more features you can use when selling online through your website. - [Winter Marketing Ideas for Online Stores] (https://www.website.world/winter-marketing-ideas-online-stores): Unfreeze your customer's wallets with these super warm winter marketing ideas, designed specifically for online stores! - [Websites for Restaurants and Cafes] (https://www.website.world/blog/233727): We have a great selection of website templates perfect for restaurants and cafes. Pages include photo galleries, booking forms, interactive maps, and SEO tips to help get more traffic to your website. - [Websites for Accommodation Providers] (https://www.website.world/blog/233726): We have a great selection of templates perfect for B&Bs, hotels, motels and other accommodation providers. Each website can include a photo gallery, booking form, interactive map, contact page, links, events, news, rates, etc - [File Sharing / PDF / Word / Excel Resources] (https://www.website.world/blog/58498): Do you need to share Excel, Word, and PDF files with your staff, customers or members? We make it easy for you to upload all your files in once place, and provide descriptions of each. - [Mailing Lists / Membership Database / Security] (https://www.website.world/blog/5438): Maintain a list of members who can have special access to your system, or who wish to express an interest in your services. Provide special access levels to users, to give them access to secure pages or data. - [Real Estate Websites] (https://www.website.world/blog/58496): We have a purpose built widget for selling houses. It's available at no additional cost over our standard hosting price. You can have a photo tour of the house, with full information about each house. Visitors can "email page to a friend". - [Password Protection / Website Security] (https://www.website.world/blog/157820): Place password protection on any web page. Assign access security to any user or user group. - [Search Engine Directory Submission] (https://www.website.world/blog/5433): We provide links to tools to submit your website to search engines. - [Forums and classifieds] (https://www.website.world/blog/5439): Add forums to your website to provide a more interactive experience to your users, and to increase your search engine ranking with more content. - [Websites for Photographers - Selling photos online] (https://www.website.world/blog/5440): We have various image management solutions for artists, galleries, photographers, printers and other organisations who manage large image libraries. - [Shopping Carts and Catalogue Managers] (https://www.website.world/blog/5436): Maintain a database of your products and prices, including freight calculator, coupon discounts. All products can have a photo, title, description, code, link, dual price, dual currency, purchase options and classifications. - [Automated Quotes] (https://www.website.world/Automated-Quote-Generator): We have various versions of automated quotes, allowing you to generate quoted prices in emails to your customers 24/7. These include car rental quotes, shopping carts and parametised tick box quotes. - [Secure Document Delivery / Selling eBooks/MP3s] (https://www.website.world/blog/58493): Customers can purchase secure files of your website, and if paying by credit card, they can receive them immediately. - [Regional Portals, Business Directory Websites and Advertiser Pages] (https://www.website.world/blog/58494): We have a special widget perfect for creating an online directory. Every advertiser on your website gets one small thumbnailed image and text in a business card format on an index page, and then they get their own page of unlimited size. - [Online Learning Providers] (https://www.website.world/online-learning-providers.html): All the tools you need to provide online learning resources, and manage paid online learning courses. - [Content Management - Makes Changes Easy] (https://www.website.world/blog/5437): Content Management is all about keeping your website up to date on a regular basis, and with our CMS, it's easy too! - [Etsy Verses Website World] (https://www.website.world/etsy-verese-website-world): Learn more about the differences between Etsy and Website World. - [Rental Management System (Hire Items)] (https://www.website.world/rental-management-software): It is easy to manage items for hire within your Website World store. - [Professional Web Design Package Options] (https://www.website.world/professional-web-design-packages): Needing the services of a web designer? We've put together a few web design packages with price estimates to help you choose the best solution for your website. - [Calculating Freight Costs & Setting These Up On Your Website] (https://www.website.world/calculating-freight-costs): Learn how to calculate freight costs on your website, what options you can pick from and how Website World can help make shipping easier for your store. - [Profitable Digital Products and How to Sell These Online] (https://www.website.world/profitable-digital-products-sell-online): Learn what some of the most profitable digital product options are, and how easy it is to sell them online. - [Resizing Images for Your Website] (https://www.website.world/resizing-images-for-your-website): Learn how to resize your website images within the CMS, what the best image file size is, along with our great instructional video! - [How to Start a Blog for Your Online Store] (https://www.website.world/how-to-start-a-blog-for-online-store): Blogs are brilliant tools to use to increase traffic to your online store, grow positive relationships with your customers and encourage repeat visits. Learn how to start a blog on your website today. - [How to Launch a New Product ] (https://www.website.world/how-to-launch-a-new-product): Got a new product ready to share with the world? Learn how to successfully launch a new product by following 5 simple steps, plus grab yourself a free website trial and a bunch of product launch ideas too! - [February News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/928797): Could you improve your newsletters? Maybe even design your email template? Or grow your subscriber list? This month you can do all of these things because we've got a big focus on email marketing. - [March News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/928796): This month, we're focusing on product shipping and packaging, including ways to reduce costs and improve customer experiences. - [Xero High Volume Invoicing Issue.] (https://www.website.world/xero-high-volume-invoicing-issue.html): Do you really want every invoice you generate in Xero or other accounting system or not? It could be easier and cheaper to keep all that detail out of your accounting software and just focus on the daily or monthly totals. - [Trends] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/trends-ecommerce-platform): Import and synchronise products from Trends Catalogue onto your website. Existing account with Trends Required. - [Optimonk ] (https://www.website.world/optimonk): Optimonk provides a chat box for websites to increase subscribers and sales, and encourage social sharing. - [Price Spy] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/price-spy): We provide a price feed for Price Spy. You can provide our feed to price spy, after you have registered with Price Spy - [Tidy Stock] (https://www.website.world/tidy-stock-inventory-system): Integrate our shopping cart with TidyStock inventory management system, to provide B2B and B2C (trade and retail) eCommerce facilities for your busines. - [Unleashed - Inventory Management Software - eCommerce Integration] (https://www.website.world/unleashed-inventory-shopping-cart.html): Manage all your complex inventory requirements with unleashed, and let your clients buy from your website. Full sync of clients and products from Unleashed, and all new clients and products posted back to unleashed. Unleash customer friendly B2B and B2C ecommerce capability via Website World. - [Product Shipping: What Your Customers Really Want to Know] (https://www.website.world/product-shipping-info): Learn exactly what your customers want to know about product shipping when they shop online, and the best places for you to share this information in our handy guide for online retailers. - [Essentials of eCommerce Shipping for NZ Retailers] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce-shipping-for-nz-retailers): NZ retailers check this out! We've gathered together the information you need to know when undertaking eCommerce shipping and it's here in one place. Read it now. - [Janine Tait] (https://www.website.world/blog/shopify-migration-feedback-janine-tait): We moved our wholesale ordering website over from Shopify due to limitations with some features we wanted. Website World has made all of our ideas possible! Our website now works EXACTLY how we imagined. It took a little bit of time for me to get to know the back-end (as Shopify is extremely simple), but once I got the hang of it I realised the possibilities are endless. Our website is password-protected to ensure only our customers can access it so I can't share it with you, but trust me! Put in the work and it is great! Oh! And I forgot to mention just how incredible the support team are. They were so patient with us when I can only imagine how annoying we must have been at times. 10/10 - [Writing a Newsletter People Will Actually Read] (https://www.website.world/writing-a-newsletter-people-will-actually-read): You want people to open your newsletter, read it and follow your call to action, but first you need to write a newsletter people will actually want to read! Learn how to do that in this helpful article. - [How to Create an Email Template] (https://www.website.world/how-to-create-an-email-template): Come see what makes up a successful email template, including the key parts you must include, and watch us create one on video that you can make too! - [How to Grow Your Email List Subscribers] (https://www.website.world/how-to-grow-your-email-list-subscribers): Learn multiple ways you can work to increase the number of email subscribers you have, plus how to add a subscriber page, form, popup and lead magnet to your website in our video. - [What is Bulk Email?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-bulk-email): Learn what bulk email is, the four types of bulk emails, the benefits using a bulk email service can provide and how our bulk email service works. - [5 Ways to Increase the Success of Your Email Marketing Efforts] (https://www.website.world/strategies-increase-email-marketing-success): Email marketing remains a key tool for your business. Learn 5 ways you can make it even more successful and sell more! - [Top Benefits of Email Marketing] (https://www.website.world/benefits-email-marketing): Learn why email marketing is so important to businesses, including the ROI it brings, and what the potential benefits it could bring for you! - [January News 2022] (https://www.website.world/blog/922911): This month we are sharing our new Fresh Start website package and some great DIY web design resources you can use to improve your website. - [Product Ideas to Sell Via Subscription] (https://www.website.world/product-ideas-to-sell-via-subscription): If you've decided that the subscription model is right for your business, check out our list of product ideas you may want to look at selling! - [DIY website design is FREE!] (https://www.website.world/DIY-websites.html): Doing it yourself means you dont have to pay for design fees. - [What is the Subscription Business Model & Is Right For Me? ] (https://www.website.world/what-is-the-subscription-business-model): Many businesses have great success with the subscription business model. We take a look at what it is, give examples of popular subscriptions and discuss the pros and cons to help you decide if it is right for you. - [Key Features to Look for When Choosing a Payment Gateway] (https://www.website.world/key-features-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-payment-gateway): When choosing a payment gateway for your online shop, there are plenty of options to pick from. To help you narrow these down, we've made a list of the top 9 factors you should consider first. - [Custom API Integration] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce-website-builder-api): Build your own integration to our API, to manage products, members, orders, events, send emails, upload files, and so much more. - [November News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/921466): We are focusing on the transport and other related challenges merchants have faced as a result of COVID-19. - [December News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/921467): We explain how to organise your products into categories and how to customise your checkout. - [What Payment Gateway Options Are Available?] (https://www.website.world/what-payment-gateway-options-are-available): Find out what payment gateways are available for your online store, plus information on how they work and what your next steps are. - [What is a Payment Gateway and How Does it Work?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-payment-gateway-and-how-does-it-work): Find out more about what a payment gateway is and how it works. We've included a handy diagram which simplifies the process and discuss whether a gateway is something you need (or not) for your website. - [Consumer Product Types and Your Product Category Marketing Strategies] (https://www.website.world/consumer-product-types-product-category-marketing): Exploring deeper into understanding eCommerce product categories, we take a look at choosing appropriate marketing strategies based upon one of four consumer product types. - [What's On Your 2021 Christmas Shopping List?] (https://www.website.world/2021-christmas-shopping-list): It's time to get your Christmas shopping done, and thanks to some of our wonderful merchants, we've got some great present ideas for you to buy this Christmas! - [Afterpay] (https://www.website.world/payment-gateways/afterpay-compatible-ecommerce-platform): Installments - Provide customers the ability to pay with 4x fortnightly payments. - [Organising Your Products Into Categories ] (https://www.website.world/organising-products-into-categories): By organising your products into categories, you make it easier for customers and search engines to find them, your website is easier to navigate, looks tidier and helps you to sell more. Watch our videos to learn how to do this yourself. - [Transport challenges for eCommerce retailers under Covid 19] (https://www.website.world/blog/transport-challenges-for-ecommerce-covid19): Covid-19 has resulted in significant delays and disruptions to freight. See how we have responded to the needs of our retail merchants with developments designed to assist with inventory supply issues. - [October News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/918428): We're excited to introduce Our Market; NZ's hottest new online marketplace! - [Small Business NZ] (https://www.website.world/promotions/small-business-nz): Small Business NZ is a FREE resource to support New Zealand’s small business owners. - [New NZ Marketplace Launched to Promote Local Small Businesses ] (https://www.website.world/blog/new-nz-marketplace-supports-small-businesses): Our Market is a new online marketplace which promotes small retail businesses throughout NZ who have chosen to use Website World as their platform. It's the best place to do your birthday, Christmas and gift shopping! - [COVID-19 and the eCommerce Response ] (https://www.website.world/blog/covid-19-ecommerce-response): See how New Zealand businesses have responded to COVID-19, including the specific actions they have taken to mitigate this challenging time, and how customers have changed their shopping habits. - [September News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/916814): We take a look at our cloud ecosystem and the benefits our customers have when using it. - [August News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/916813): We demonstrate how to add site wide messages and discuss doing business online during lockdowns. - [Online Sales Volume Up 50% During Lockdown] (https://www.website.world/blog/online-sales-rise-august-lockdown): Lockdown has benefited many online merchants of both essential and non essential goods, including reusable face masks, fresh foods and self-care products, with a 50% increase of total online sales volume via the Website World eCommerce platform during the last two weeks of August 2021. - [SEO for Product Pages] (https://www.website.world/blog/seo-for-product-pages): Discover how to do SEO for your product pages, where we list specific areas to focus upon, and help raise your online visibility. - [Paystation Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/blog/476295): Setup Fee: $149 + bank fees Monthly Fee: $39 per month includes 100 transactions, plus monthly bank fees apply - [Shopify] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/shopify-trade-pricing): Import your collections, products, customer, orders data from Shopify. - [Using Trade Pricing on Your Website] (https://www.website.world/using-trade-pricing): We discuss what trade pricing is, the different types a business could use and where to find further information on how to use trade pricing within your website for B2C customers. - [April News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/913130): Learn about breadcrumb navigation and choosing the best fonts for your website. - [May News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/913131): This month we're highlighting three customers who've each had specific requirements we've been able to provide solutions for: Kreative Kiwi Embroidery, AS Group NZ and New Wave NZ Surfboards. - [June News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/913132): Learn about our free integrated point of sale system and the benefits it can provide you with. - [July News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/913133): Learn about the things you can do to increase sales and conversions on your website. - [Improving Your Homepage Design] (https://www.website.world/improving-your-homepage-design): Learn the key areas of a homepage and ways in which you can easily improve your homepage design to encourage visitors to stay longer on your website. - [Making Your Website Live] (https://www.website.world/blog/making-your-website-live): Once you are ready for your website to go live, it's quick and easy to get it up and showing on the internet. - [Payment Options] (https://www.website.world/blog/904801): Link through to learn more about payment platforms - [Achieving the Best Result with Paid Advertising] (https://www.website.world/blog/achieving-best-result-with-paid-advertising): Learn how you can achieve the best result when using cost per click advertising, understand about conversion rates and your ROI, plus what to do if your CPC ads aren't working. - [Understanding Domain Name Suffixes ] (https://www.website.world/domain-name-suffixes): Discover what the most common domain name suffixes are and what they represent, plus tips on how to choose the right extension for your domain name. - [Why Does Your Website Need Integrated POS?] (https://www.website.world/why-websites-need-pos): Learn the advantages of selecting an eCommerce platform which has a built in Point of Sale system or POS, plus which standalone inventory management systems we integrate with. - [Google] (https://www.website.world/api-integration/google): Price Feeds, Analytics, Maps - [Integrated POS and Inventory Management] (https://www.website.world/blog/599296): Website World shopping cart now boasts it's own integrated POS (point of sale) and inventory management system. We encourage all merchants to use our integrated services, rather than using a 3rd party system. - [Why Your Business Needs a Domain Name] (https://www.website.world/business-needs-domain-name): We explain why your business needs a unique domain name, the costs involved and why you should choose us, the .nz most secure porfolio award winners as your domain provider. - [Writing High Performing Product Descriptions] (https://www.website.world/writing-high-performing-product-descriptions): Learn the key features of high performing product descriptions to increase your online sales, as well as visitor traffic from search engines to your website. - [What is a POS or Point of Sale System?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-pos): Learn what a POS or point of sale system is, the benefits of using one for your online shop and where you can get a free POS for your website. - [Ideas for Getting Unstuck with Your Web Design] (https://www.website.world/web-design-ideas): Stuck for ideas when it comes to web design? We've put together a collection of actionable tips to help get your creative juices flowing again. - [Using Videos Within Your eCommerce Website] (https://www.website.world/blog/using-videos-ecommerce-website): Videos are a powerful marketing tool and one worth considering using within an online store. We take a look at the benefits of eCommerce video marketing, video software options and how to add videos to your website. - [RONZ Furniture Hospital] (https://www.website.world/blog/892469): We had a free website with another company for a number of years. That free website company was bought out by another company who is closing all those free accounts. We tried the new company for a time, but found them painfully slow and unhelpful. A friend suggested Web Widgets so we tried them. Web Widgets have been fantastic, with very fast response to all questions put to them, all problems were solved straight away. Our site looks good and runs very fast, we are thrilled. We could not recommend Web Widgets more highly. Thanks - Ron - [What are Breadcrumbs and Does My Website Need Them?] (https://www.website.world/breadcrumb-navigation): Discover what breadcrumb navigation is, how having breadcrumbs can benefit your SEO and visitors, plus how to add them to your website. - [March News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/891529): Learn about how we are helping our customers improve their website's SEO and where they can find helpful business themed articles. - [Choosing Fonts for Your Website] (https://www.website.world/choosing-fonts-for-your-website): Learn how to pick the best fonts for your website with our easy to understand and implement tips, plus discover some of the most popular website fonts. - [SEO for Product Descriptions] (https://www.website.world/seo-product-descriptions): Learn what search engine optimisation is required for your product descriptions to help them rank highly in search engine results, plus what type of content they should contain for your customers. - [February News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/890881): Discover more about our new branding, the benefits of using live pricing for your store, how to make sending by courier easier and some handy eco-friendly packaging ideas. - [January News 2021] (https://www.website.world/blog/890880): Get your business year off to a great start by learning how to create a business plan, set your goals, use content marketing and create an email newsletter which gets read. - [Email Spam Regulations in New Zealand] (https://www.website.world/spam-email-regualtions-nz): We discuss what the rules are regarding the sending of emails in NZ, to help ensure your emails meet the current spam regulations. - [What is Keyword Research?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-keyword-research): Learn what keyword research is, why it is important for your website's SEO and suggestions on where to find the right keywords. - [Key Characteristics of a Mobile Responsive Website] (https://www.website.world/characteristics-mobile-responsive-website): A mobile responsive website is a must-have for all businesses. We explain what this means and the features it should have to help make your site easy to use and looking great. - [Popular Website Colour Schemes to Consider for Your Website] (https://www.website.world/popular-website-colour-schemes): Needing to pick a website colour scheme for your new website, or wanting a change for your existing site? We share some of the most popular colour schemes for websites with you, plus tips on what type of colours should be used where. - [Inventory Management Options for Your Online Store] (https://www.website.world/inventory-management-options-online-store): We discuss the inventory management options you have for your online store, including the features of each and how their integration with your website platform can make your life easier. - [Benefits of Using Live Pricing for Your Online Store] (https://www.website.world/benefits-live-pricing-online-store): Finding a courier option that works for you and your customers is important when running an online store. We take a look at why live pricing is a shipping option worth investigating today. - [Our Christmas Gift to you] (https://www.website.world/blog/455664): Every year we donate to Oxfam Unwrapped, rather than sending you Christmas cards or junk you don't need. - [New Default Mobile Theme] (https://www.website.world/mobile-theme-websites): We have updated the default mobile theme for all websites. - [Responsive Web Design - System Upgrade] (https://www.website.world/responsive-design-update): Mobile usage of websites is on the increase with large format mobile phones. We are currently upgrading all our galleries, catalogs, product pages, shopping carts, checkout pages, directory listings, etc etc to use a responsive approach to web design. - [Our Christmas Gift To You - Oxfam Story 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/517339): In place of corporate branded gifts, cheesy animated virtual christmas cards, or real christmas cards via the old postal network, we continue our tradition of donating $10000 to Oxfam. Oxfam work on all sorts of awesome projects to help empower people to empower themselves. - [Some cool options for the shopping carts] (https://www.website.world/blog/520862): We have added quite a lot of new logic for the shopping cart, so i thought now is a good time to review some of the changes, and how they could help you. - [POS - Point of Sale Service and Improved Stock Control] (https://www.website.world/blog/530359): We have listened to our customers, and we are now focusing the new years development on a simple POS system, and improved stock control in the back end of our CMS - [International Web Hosting Speed Increase (Free CDN Service)] (https://www.website.world/blog/530342): We will shortly be replacing our international web hosting options with a powerful CDN (Content Distribution Network) service that will give your website the fastest delivery speeds worldwide automatically for free! - [Improving our support with the Support Roster] (https://www.website.world/blog/530255): We have now implemented a better support roster to give greater telephone coverage to the day. - [New Domain Suffixes] (https://www.website.world/blog/536797): Soon the .nz domain space will be dropping the 2nd level domains like .co.nz, so we will be called www.websitebuilder.nz, in addition, in the international domain space, there are heaps of new domains. - [Free POS - Point Of Sale System now available for free] (https://www.website.world/free-pos-point-of-sale-with-online-shop): You can now get our integrated POS system for free with all our eCommerce hosting plans. Integrated POS is awesome, because it keeps stock synchronised between your online store and showroom/depot. - [New Default Mobile Template] (https://www.website.world/blog/557498): The new default mobile template now looks something like this. - [Loyalty Points System] (https://www.website.world/loyalty-points-beta): We have implemented a new loyalty points system for our merchants. It is now available for beta testing - [Why Website Builder is better than WIX] (https://www.website.world/blog/567238): Wix looks cool, until you want to do something serious with ecommerce, then you are limited to Paypal as your payment provider.... With website builder you can choose any NZ payment gateway, and integrate with Xero, Vend, Unleashed, Fastway, etc. - [Address auto completion] (https://www.website.world/address-auto-complete.html): At the end of last year we added address auto completion to various forms and shopping carts. Address auto completion is powered by Google using data from many different providers around the world. This speeds up data entry for users, and encourages auto completion and use of post codes. However, sometimes issues with address layout or odd choices of province name may occur. In addition, there are issues with rural delivery numbers not provided by google. - [Website Builder now hosted on the largest most powerful cloud platform AWS] (https://www.website.world/blog/599287): As of today we no longer use the Fastly CDN service. Website Builder is now hosted on the largest most powerful cloud platform AWS (Amazon Web Services). AWS provides a superior speeds for us to host our website builder powered websites at multiple locations around the world. - [Website Builder Global Content Delivery Network] (https://www.website.world/blog/608338): Today we have launched our new global content delivery network (CDN). Our CDN delivers your websites to your end users from the closed node. We serve your website content from 4 separate locations around the world to ensure the fastest download times. - [Top Tips On Increasing Your Facebook Engagement] (https://www.website.world/Increasing-Your-Facebook-Engagement): Facebook engagement has always been around, but has become more important recently because it is one way to increase the number of people who see your posts, without you paying to promote them. Facebook is now deliberately showing less of your business posts to your fans and using the engagement rate on each of your posts to choose which posts they push through and which they don’t. - [Why we charge DNS support fees.] (https://www.website.world/blog/665246): We often get asked why we charge a setup fee for configuring DNS services for a third party web hosting service. And this is why. It's like taking your own food into a cafe, buying a coffee, then asking the cafe to heat up your food. - [How To Handle Negative Comments On Your Facebook Page] (https://www.website.world/How-To-Handle-Negative-Comments-On-Your-Facebook-Page): So someone has posted something negative on your business Facebook page? Rather than panicking, deleting the comment or hiding in a cupboard, take the time to turn what could be a PR disaster into building some positive publicity instead. A complaint dealt with professionally, respectively and which provides a solution to the problem can do wonders for your business. - [Important announcement for those using free email addresses] (https://www.website.world/blocking-free-emails-via-dmarc.html): If you use a free email address like gmail or yahoo or similar for your business, then you could be missing lots of notifications, and your customers might be missing order confirmations. - [Finding Stock Photos For Your Website] (https://www.website.world/finding-stock-photos-for-website): A picture tells a thousand words and this is especially true when it comes to photos on your website. Even though the internet is bursting full of beautiful photographs and as tempting as it may be, you just can’t copy and use all the photos you love on your own website or blog. Copyright laws mean that both text and photos online are the property of the person who created them and even crediting the owner when you use the photo, may not be enough to prevent you getting into hot water. - [How Webinars Can Grow Your Business] (https://www.website.world/blog/668346): Everybody seems to be talking about webinars online, but do you actually know what they are and how they can help grow your business? Let’s explore what a webinar is, the three main types of webinars and the benefits that hosting a webinar can offer your business. - [5 Reasons Why Your Business Should Be On YouTube] (https://www.website.world/5-Reasons-Why-Your-Business-Should-Be-On-YouTube): YouTube was the brainchild of three former PayPal employees during 2005 and then it was sold to Google in 2006. It remains a part of Google’s empire and with over 4 billion videos watched every day, it is a great way to get your business out there and noticed by your target audience. It is one of the top three most powerful search engines along with Google and Facebook and is often overlooked by businesses when choosing where to run their marketing campaigns. - [Creating Facebook Graphics Which Get You Noticed] (https://www.website.world/creating-facebook-graphics.html): Graphics play a huge role in social media with up to 60% of all social media posts made up of pictures (Kim Garst). With that staggering figure, if you are posting more text than graphics, your messages are likely to get lost amongst all of the other posts demanding your audience’s attention. - [What Is Website Ranking?] (https://www.website.world/What-Is-Website-Ranking): Everybody wants to be found by search engines, but many of us are not clear on how it all actually works. How does Google choose which websites to show first? Why is my competitor’s website coming before mine even though we sell the same products? It all has to do with how your website is ranked. Let’s delve deeper into what website rank actually means. - [Considering how changes affect traffic and sales] (https://www.website.world/blog/703634): Customers often wonder what affect SEO, or mobile optimization, or design changes will have on their traffic and sales. Let's consider these in more detail. - [SSL Hosting - Secure Everywhere - Tips for the Wise] (https://www.website.world/blog/705905): Changing all our websites to SSL is not as straightforward as we hoped. Many websites include custom styles, scripts, iframes etc, that are not secure... Manual updates may be required to many websites to gain SSL status. - [Importance of Getting an SSL Certificate] (https://www.website.world/Importance_of_Getting_an_SSL_Certificate): Keeping personal and payment information secure is valued highly by online shoppers. As website owners, you can control what you do with the information once you receive it. But unless your website has a SSL or Secure Sockets Layer certificate, the journey their data takes to get to you is unsecure. - [How to Choose a Colour Scheme for Your Website] (https://www.website.world/choosing-a-colour-scheme-for-your-website.html): More is not necessarily better when it comes to colours for your website design. While it is exciting choosing a colour scheme for your website, going overboard makes your website look cheap, dowdy and unprofessional. However, a well thought out and attractive colour scheme looks professional and is more likely to convert visitors to customers. - [What EMAIL solution is best for my business or organisation? ] (https://www.website.world/email-options-for-businesses): There are so many ways that email can be setup, so we thought a good blog might help you decide which is best for you. - [Making Over Your Old Website Step by Step] (https://www.website.world/blog/725052): When was the last time you gave your website a makeover? If the answer is never or not in the past two years, then listen up! Technology is changing, with larger screens and more mobile devices being used than ever before. These affect the way your website is seen by visitors and in turn, the impression they receive of your business. Different screen sizes impact on where your text and graphics sit on the screen, what they look like, how much content is shown and the navigation of your website. It is easy to correct these problems with some simple DIY website design work, especially when you use a user-friendly platform like Website Builder! - [5 Steps to Writing Killer Website Content Which Ranks High] (https://www.website.world/5-important-steps-to-writing-high-ranking-website-content.html): Ever heard the phrase organic traffic? It’s the visitors to your website which come from search engines. They come to your website because you have website content which ranks high in search results. It is the goal of almost every business website to get a lot of traffic, which is why there is always a lot of chat about SEO or search engine optimisation. The question of the moment would be then, how do I write website content which ranks high in search engines? - [All about email] (https://www.website.world/email-send-rules-and-policies.html): Email in 2017 is quite different from email of the past. In the past, anyone could send email from anyone, and often Bill Gates sent you a personal email offering you $10000. - [Things to consider other than a pretty landing page] (https://www.website.world/more-than-a-pretty-landing-page): When comparing website builders and other ecommerce platforms, you need to consider more than just a pretty landing page. - [Integrating POS Systems with Websites] (https://www.website.world/how-to-integrate-POS-with-my-website): The difficulty for anyone who has a bricks and mortar shop along side their online shop, all suffer similar issues, including keeping inventory counts in sync, keeping pricing in sync, and giving customers a cohesive experience both online and in store. - [5 Important Pages You’ll Need to Add to Your Website] (https://www.website.world/5-essential-pages-for-websites.html): A great website does wonders for your business. It’s the place search engines send visitors to, where you build your brand awareness and sell your products or services. As you start to build your website, you’ll need to think about the pages to add to your website. Then comes the harder question: what do you put on them? Today we’ll discuss the five most essential pages a website needs, with a quick run through of what to include on them. - [No Free DNS service] (https://www.website.world/blog/763659): Learn about the retirement of our free DNS service. Free DNS is provided for all websites and email accounts hosted with Website World, however customers will need to purchase a DNS hosting account if they want to have an email or web hosting service located elsewhere. - [Learn How to Increase Website Conversions Using Colour Psychology] (https://www.website.world/increase-website-conversions-color-psychology): There’s more to website colours than just picking ones you like. In fact, the very colours you use (or don’t use) can help increase website conversions. With plenty of research having been done regarding the psychology of colour within websites, it pays to ensure you are aware of the facts before you start designing your website. - [Thunderbird Email Client Issues] (https://www.website.world/blog/779177): Anyone having trouble logging into email via Thunderbird? You have a mis configuration, and it needs to be fixed on your email client. - [What is a Landing Page?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-landing-page): There's often a lot of confusion about what a landing page is. The truth is, a landing page is a page you have specifically created for a set purpose and which you direct a set audience to. While any page on your website could be called a landing page, digital marketers refer to a landing page as being a standalone page with one focused objective - your call to action. - [Migrating Websites With Perfect SEO Link Juice] (https://www.website.world/migrating-websites-with-seo-tags-retained): We can now import websites from most other CMS and shopping platforms, maintaining perfect SEO link juice and full replication of the existing template and content. - [Guide to Using Images on Your Website] (https://www.website.world/using-website-images): Images are fantastic tools to use on your website. Not only do they make it more attractive, encouraging visitors to stay for longer, but they also help to increase your site conversion rates. In this article we explain how to optimise and load images correctly to your website. - [How to Make a Website Load Faster] (https://www.website.world/How-to-make-a-website-load-faster): Is your website going slow? Learn how to speed your website up so that you don't lose visitors. The best possible performance you can expect on a website, is to load in less than 2 seconds. If your page takes longer than 2 seconds, then you have a problem. We'll share with you easy ways in which you can make your website load faster - [Tips On Reducing Your Hosting Costs] (https://www.website.world/reducing-website-hosting-costs): Learn how to better manage and reduce your hosting costs, email and domain fees. We share 5 ideas to get you started! - [How to Add a Newsletter Sign Up Form to Facebook] (https://www.website.world/facebook-newsletter-sign-up-form): Facebook gives you the ability to have a tab on your Facebook page which links directly through to your website to collect email addresses. Learn here how to set that up. - [Using Your Website's Live Visitor Traffic Information to Your Advantage] (https://www.website.world/using-live-visitor-traffic-info): Our new Live Visitor Traffic features puts even more power into the hands of web masters. Using this data, they are better able to understand how visitors use their site and adjust it to achieve higher conversion rates and lower bounce rates. - [Mum in Business: Annette of Just 4 You] (https://www.website.world/mum-in-business-annette): We chat with Annette, the owner of just 4 You, on why she started her business, her struggles and successes, plus her experiences of being a Mum and a business owner! - [Mum in Business: Suz of KJdesigns] (https://www.website.world/mum-in-business-suz): We chat with Suz, the owner of KJdesigns, on why she started her business, her struggles and successes, plus her experiences of being a Mum and a business owner! - [Mum in Business: Nitya of Nature Body NZ] (https://www.website.world/mum-in-business-nitya): We chat with Nitya, the owner of Nature Body NZ, on why she started her business, her struggles and successes, plus her experiences of being a Mum and a business owner! - [Mum in Business: Kelly of Love Calm Learn] (https://www.website.world/mum-in-business-kelly): We chat with Kelly, the owner of Love Calm Learn, on why she started her business, her struggles and successes, plus her experiences of being a Mum and a business owner! - [Mum in Business: Tracy of Cake and Bake Kiwi] (https://www.website.world/mum-in-business-tracy): We chat with Tracy, the owner of Cake and Bake Kiwi, on why she started her business, her struggles and successes, plus her experiences of being a Mum and a business owner! - [Trouble delivering emails to XTRA? ] (https://www.website.world/xtra-blocking-email): Are you having trouble delivering emails to xtra customers? You are not alone. And this is not a system error. The issue is with XTRA mail filter SMX. They are trying to reduce spam to xtra customers, but in the process, they are blocking large amounts of legitimate email too. - [5 Ways a Website Can Grow Your Business] (https://www.website.world/website-grow-business): If you're sitting on the fence about whether you need a website or not, take a read of five ways that having a website can grow your business and make life your life easier. - [What is a Google Algorithm Update?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-google-algorithm-update): Each year Google does over 400 algorithm updates. But what are they and what does it mean for your website? We answer both of these questions for you in English, not geek. - [Understanding Website Usability: What It Is & How To Do It] (https://www.website.world/understanding-website-usability): Website usability is often left out of the equation when designing a website - but is shouldn't be! We explain why it's so important and how you can implement it well on your website. Find out more now! - [What is a Bounce Rate & How Can I Change It?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-bounce-rate): Heard of a bounce rate, but are not sure what it means? Found out what your site's bounce rate is and want to know how to change it? We answer both of these questions for you. - [What is Google Analytics & How Do I Use It?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-google-analytics): We explain what Google Analytics is, how it works, if you need it and where to go to learn more about how to use it, including a free course! - [Using Heading Tags to Improve Your SEO] (https://www.website.world/using-heading-tags-seo): The use of heading tags is a great way to boost your website's SEO. Learn what they are, plus how to use and write heading tags in our informative guide today. - [What is Inbound Marketing?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-inbound-marketing): Inbound marketing is a great way to increase the sales and interest on your website. We explain what it is and how you can start using it on your website to increase your conversions. - [Choosing the Best Hosting Plan for Your Business Website] (https://www.website.world/choosing-business-website-hosting-plan): As a business, you need to ensure your site is online 24/7 and with a super fast loading speed. To achieve this, you need to have selected the right website hosting plan. We walk you through the things you'll need to consider to be able to make that choice. - [Tools to Help Remove Product Photo Backgrounds] (https://www.website.world/tools-remove-product-photo-backgrounds): Needing to remove the background from your product photos! We've found two great free tools, plus other paid options for you to explore! - [Using Product Bundles to Increase Website Sales] (https://www.website.world/using-product-bundles-increase-sales): Product bundles are another great tool online stores can use to increase the number of sales they make through their website. We explain what a product bundle is, the types you could use and tips on promoting these to your customers. - [How to Choose the Right Web Designer] (https://www.website.world/choose-web-designer): We share our top tips on choosing a web designer, plus the important questions to ask yourself and prospective web designers before making a final decision. A must read for all needing a new site or refreshed design! - [How to Create a Content Plan for Your Website] (https://www.website.world/create-website-content-plan): A website content plan gives you a clear map of where your website is going and where it's been. We explain in detail what it is, how to create one and share tips on writing the web content too. - [Using the Drag & Drop Editor to Design Your Website Pages] (https://www.website.world/using-drag-drop-editor): Learn how to use the drag and drop editor to design the pages on your website. - [Importance of Having Business Branding] (https://www.website.world/importance-business-branding): Have you got a brand statement or vision? Does it detail everything needed to showcase your brand to the world? We explain the importance of business branding, and what your brand guide needs to contain to portray a professional image to your audience. - [What Is a Call to Action & How Are They Used?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-call-to-action): A call to action or CTA is a powerful strategy to employ within every page of your website. We explain what a CTA is, how they are used and give you some high performing call to action examples to use on your website. - [Defining & Promoting Your Unique Selling Point] (https://www.website.world/defining-unique-selling-point): Have you got a unique selling point for your products or services? We explain what a USP (unique selling point or proposition) is, how to get one and how to promote it successfully. Find out more now. - [We're Sponsoring The David Awards: Here's Why You Should Enter] (https://www.website.world/why-enter-the-david-awards): As a major sponsor of The David Awards, we're encouraging small businesses around NZ to enter and share their successes, demonstrate their skills and help their business move forward. - [What Are gTLDs & Do I Need One?] (https://www.website.world/what-are-gtlds): You've most likely seen gTLDs in use, but not known what they are called. We explain what they are, the benefits to your business of using one, and whether or not your business website needs one (or more). - [Who Offers New Zealand's Best eCommerce Solution?] (https://www.website.world/famous-shopping-platform-vs-website-world): Can't decide between using another Famous Shopping Platform or Website World for your eCommerce store? We take a look at what they both can offer to help you decide which is the best platform for an online shop. - [Mailbox Size Limits - Excess Space Fees] (https://www.website.world/blog/830423): Is your mailbox slow to load? This might be because you have too much email in your mailbox. Please read more to learn about new pricing around oversized mailboxes. - [Website Usability: How Easily Can a Customer Use Your Website?] (https://www.website.world/website-usability): Is customer usability on your website important to you? It should be! As an eCommerce business, customer usability is a key factor in determining how many sales your website makes. We discuss what customer usability looks like, and how to get it on your website. - [What is User Experience Design & How Can it Help Your Business?] (https://www.website.world/user-experience-design): UXD or user experience design can give your business a 9,900% return for every $1 you invest in it. Known for increasing conversion rates and boosting customer loyalty, it is often overlooked by businesses and it shouldn't be. We explain more about what UXD is and how it can help your business to grow. - [8 Free Stock Photo Websites ] (https://www.website.world/8-free-stock-photo-websites): Needing some great free stock photos? Come and see our eight favourite free stock image websites, with no cost photos for you to download and use. - [How to Check the UX of Your Website] (https://www.website.world/check-website-ux): If visitors to your website have a great user experience, they stay browsing it for longer and are more likely to convert into a paying customer or client. We share the ways in which you can check your website's UX and what to do next. - [Most secure domain name portfolio] (https://www.website.world/blog/831495): We won the prize for being most secure nz domain portfolio at the recent NZ Domain Conference. - [Why Written Content is Important for a Website] (https://www.website.world/written-content-important-for-websites): Written content on your website plays a huge role in the success of your site, both financially and visitor wise. We explain why content is so important, how to write high converting content and tips on improving your content SEO. - [What is Upselling & How Do I Use It?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-upselling): Learn about the eCommerce tool of upselling, how to use it on your website and some common upselling strategies for you to try on your eCommerce site. - [The Art of Fast Websites] (https://www.website.world/art-fast-websites): Learn the tricks we use to make our websites super fast, faster than any famous CDN provider around the world. - [Top 7 Free Video Editing Software Programs] (https://www.website.world/free-video-editing-software-programs): Needing to edit a video you have made? We share seven free video editing software programs suitable for beginners right through to experts. Check them out! - [Using Videos On Your Website: Exploring the Whys & Hows] (https://www.website.world/using-videos-on-your-website): Ever thought about using videos on your website? We break down the benefits videos can provide to a website, plus 7 tips on creating high performing videos, and how to upload them to your website. - [Why Are Product Reveiws Important On a Website] (https://www.website.world/importance-product-reviews): Enabling product reviews on your website helps both your business and your customers. We explain the importance of using product reviews and how to encourage customers to leave them on your website. - [Ways to Encourage More Reviews On Your Website] (https://www.website.world/encourage-website-reviews): We all want customers to leave reviews on our websites as it helps speed up the buying process. But getting those reviews can seem almost impossible. We share easy ways you can encourage customers to leave more product reviews on your website. - [Best Ways to Manage Negative Reviews Online] (https://www.website.world/manage-negative-reviews-online): If your business hasn't had a negative review online before, you haven't been in business long enough. They happen to us all, and the key for a successful outcome is careful management of the negative review. We explain the best ways to do this. - [Should You Have a Testimonials Page On a Website?] (https://www.website.world/should-you-have-testimonials-page): Is it necessary to add a specific testimonials page to a website? We look at the pros and cons of doing so, along with suggestions of what types of reviews or testimonials it may contain. Take a read now. - [Products to Sell Online That Don't Need Shipping] (https://www.website.world/products-sell-online-no-shipping): Not keen on making, storing and shipping products from your online store? Well, you don't have to. We'll tell you about five products that you can sell online without needing to send to your customer! - [How to Sell an eBook On Your Website] (https://www.website.world/sell-ebook-on-website): We walk you through the steps to take in order to sell an eBook on your website, from creating and formatting the eBook through to marketing and delivering it to customers. - [6 Benefits of Selling Digital Products ] (https://www.website.world/benefits-selling-digital-products): Considering selling digital products? Find out what the six main benefits are of doing so, helping you decide whether or not this type of eCommerce is for you. - [Understanding Black, Grey & White Hat SEO] (https://www.website.world/understanding-black-grey-white-hat-seo): Black, grey and white hat SEO are three different types of SEO techniques and practices which can be used to help make your website more visible in search engine results. We look at what each one is and which ones you should be using. - [What is Black Hat SEO? ] (https://www.website.world/black-hat-seo): Learn what black hat SEO is, how it works, common strategies and if you should be using it on your website to boost your traffic. - [Using the eCommerce Subscription Model for Your Business] (https://www.website.world/using-ecommerce-subscription-model): We look at what the subscription model is, pros and cons of using it for your business, choosing which product to sell and a look at how an NZ coffee subscription business uses this model on their website. - [SEO Glossary] (https://www.website.world/seo-glossary): Confused with all the SEO jargon out there? We explain the common SEO vocabulary you can expect to come across when running a business website in this SEO glossary - [Christmas SEO Tips for eCommerce Stores] (https://www.website.world/christmas-seo-tips): You've got some fabulous products listed on your website which are perfect for Christmas gifts. Learn how to do Christmas SEO so you can help them get found and sold! - [Christmas Email Marketing Tips] (https://www.website.world/christmas-email-marketing-tips): For many businesses, making plenty of sales around Christmas time helps balance out quieter times of the year. To help you raise sales, take a read of our Christmas email marketing tips today. - [How to Choose a Domain Name ] (https://www.website.world/choose-domain-name): A domain name is your website's address, which makes choosing the right domain name very important. Follow our top tips on picking the best domain name and learn how easy it is to register your choice with us. - [SEO Trends for 2020 ] (https://www.website.world/seo-trends-2020): Learn which of the top SEO strategies to focus your efforts on during 2020 to help improve your website's search engine rankings. - [Understanding and Using AWStats] (https://www.website.world/what-is-awstats): We look into understanding what AWStats is, what use it is to your website and how to understand the information it displays about your website traffic results. - [Keeping Your Information Safe Online] (https://www.website.world/keeping-your-information-safe-online): We discuss what could happen to your personal and business related information online, and the ways you can work towards keeping it safe. - [Why Do Robots Visit My Website?] (https://www.website.world/why-do-robots-visit-my-website): Find out why robots visit your website, the type of information they collect and what they do with it. - [Theming Your Website for Special Events] (https://www.website.world/theming-your-website-special-events): Should you theme your website for special events? We look at the pros and cons of doing so, along with the types of theming you could add to your website. - [How to Get More Website Traffic By Using Social Media] (https://www.website.world/get-more-website-traffic-using-social-media): We look at how you can increase your social media referral traffic, and once there, how to turn this traffic into sales on your website. - [How to Do a Website Content Audit] (https://www.website.world/how-to-do-a-website-content-audit): A website content audit helps you find ways to improve your content, get more website traffic, improve your user experience and boost your SEO. We explain exactly how to do a website audit. - [7 Essential Things Every Website Needs] (https://www.website.world/7-essential-things-every-website-needs): Do you know the seven essential things every website needs in order to be effective and meet your business goals? We explore each of these seven essential items and how to achieve them. - [10 Ways to Improve Your Website ] (https://www.website.world/improve-your-website): Before you start from scratch and build a completely new website, check out these 10 easy and effective things you can do to improve your website, starting today! - [What is Content Marketing?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-content-marketing): We take a look into what content marketing is, content marketing formats you could use, the content marketing sales funnel and how to create your own marketing strategy. - [Which Image File Formats Should You Use for Your Website?] (https://www.website.world/image-file-formats-use-website): Confused with all of the different types of graphics and image types? Not sure which ones you should be using on your website? We explain what the main ones are and which ones you should use. - [How Your Website Can Help You During a Recession] (https://www.website.world/how-website-help-you-during-recession): Your website is your number 1 recession survival tool. Learn why it is such a valuable asset and how it will help your business get through tough financial times. - [How to Become a Web Designer] (https://www.website.world/how-to-become-a--web-designer): Looking for a new business to run from home? It's not hard to start your own web design business. We look at what it takes to become a successful web designer. - [Celebrating 20 Years in Business ] (https://www.website.world/celebrating-20-years-in-business): We're excited to celebrate 20 years in business and we're taking a trip down memory lane to see just what has happened to Website World since 2020. - [Tips On Selling Art Online Via Your Website] (https://www.website.world/tips-selling-art-online): Selling art online is becoming common, with many NZ artists choosing to create their own website and sell directly to customers. We share 7 tips to help sell your art online, plus explain the ways our website platform can help you. - [Understanding Search Intent] (https://www.website.world/understanding-search-intent): As a website owner, it's important that you understand what search intent is and how to best optimise your content for it. We discuss both of these points in this informative article. - [Voice Search and Your Website] (https://www.website.world/voice-search-and-your-website): It's becoming very clear that more people are using voice search when using search engines, making it vital you optimise your content for it. We share strategies on how to ensure your content is voice optimised. - [Preparing your Website for the Holidays] (https://www.website.world/preparing-your-website-for-the-holidays): Wanting to know what you need to do in order to prepare your website for the holidays? We list the steps to take to help you manage your eCommerce store during this time. - [Etsy Vs Website World eCommerce Website] (https://www.website.world/etsy-vs-website-world-ecommerce-website): You've heard that Etsy is where you should sell your handmade products, because everyone is doing it, right? We know there is a better alternative that can give you the sales and profit you need, and we'll explain why and show you how to do it. - [What is DNS and How Does It Work?] (https://www.website.world/understanding-dns): Learn what DNS is and how it works to understand more about how the internet operates. - [Courier Options for Your Small Business ] (https://www.website.world/courier-options-small-business): Learn what your courier options are for your NZ based business and which ones are integrated with Website World to make your life as an eCommerce operator easier. - [Getting to the top of Google] (https://www.website.world/blog/362833): Here's how to get to the top of google, and it's not even a secret? - [Will mobile apps be the demise of the website?] (https://www.website.world/blog/282299): The progress of mobile apps, those little applications people download and install on their phones, ipads and other mobile devices, are a threat to the common website. Mobile Apps are fast to install and easier to use that their web site equivalents. Will these apps end up replacing our use of the web browser? - [Free Shopping Cart Solution - Multiple Currency and Multiple Payment Options] (https://www.website.world/free-shopping-cart-solution.html): Our free shopping cart solution is included with every web hosting package. The free ecommerce software includes multiple currency processing, multiple payment options including online banking, Paypal and all major payment gateways. Our NZ developed and locally hosted shopping cart software is the best option for all New Zealand based merchants. - [International Ecommerce Solution - Internationalisation Considerations] (https://www.website.world/international-ecommerce-solution): Our websites are served with ultra fast speeds, all around the world, via our content delivery network. Automatic country detection selects the right currency and shipping rates for your customers. - [January News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/851890): In this edition of Website World news, you will find: Understanding & Using AWStats Why Do Robots Visit My Website? Keeping Information Safe Online Tips to Make Working from Home Easier - [February News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/862470): In this edition of Website World news, you will find: How to Get More Traffic Using Social Media How to Do a Website Content Audit 7 Things Every Website Needs Building Your Social Media Marketing Strategy Free Instagram Analytics Tools Website Migration - [March Covid News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/862472): In this special edition of Website World news, you will find information on our response to Covid-19. - [March News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/862471): In this edition of Website World news, you will find: 10 Ways to Improve Your Website What is Content Marketing How to Write Brilliant Instagram Captions Easter Marketing Ideas for Your eCommerce Store How to Grow Your Facebook Group Website Migration - [April News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/862473): In this edition of Website World news, you will find: Earn a 25% Discount on Your Website Hosting Start Your Own Web Design Business Free Covid eCommerce Response Guide Website Migration - [May News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/865614): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Contact Tracing Form On Your Website Choosing Your Bulk Email Marketing Platform Best Newsletter Email Subject Line Examples How to Write an Email Newsletter Which Gets Read What is a Vision Board? How to Create a Vision Board Using Canva Website of the Month Run Your Own Web Design Business Website Migration - [June News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/868080): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Benefits of Business Networking Why Join a Business Networking Group How to Get Maximum Benefit from Business Networking Our Business Networking Group Website of the Month - [July News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/876643): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Simple Ways to Increase Sales On Your Website How to Write Product Descriptions Which Sell More White Hat SEO Strategies to Increase Your Web Traffic How to Optimise for Google Featured Snippets Website of the Month - Bee Central Automatic Credit Card Payment Option Website Migration System Updates - [August News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/876644): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Celebrating 20 Years in Business COVID-19 eCommerce Response Guide Website of the Month - Bee Kiwi Automatic Credit Card Payment Option Website Migration System Updates - [September News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/876645): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Introducing TidyStock Tips On Selling Art Online Understanding Search Intent Website of the Month - Ground Keepers Website Migration System Updates - [November News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/882899): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Preparing Your Website for the Holidays Christmas Gifts for NZ Business Owners Should I Take My Website Offline for the Holidays? Christmas Presents for NZ Kids Website of the Month - [December News 2020] (https://www.website.world/blog/886390): In this issue of Website World news, you will find: Social Media Christmas Marketing Ideas 30 Brilliant Christmas Quotes for Social Media Posts Should I Take My Website Offline for the Holidays? Website of the Month Website Migration System Updates - [Iphone Apps] (https://www.website.world/blog/279500): Many iphone apps are location aware, and use "check in" type functions. Typically these are used to "rate" hotels and eating establishments. eg "FourSquare". And the tourist/service industry should play close attention to this - [SlideShare] (https://www.website.world/blog/279499): Share your powerpoint slides and other presentation documents or videos with others. Never be caught out with a broken notebook or lost thumbdrive again, everything safely backed up online. The social networking angle is that everyone can view each others slideshows, and thus decide if they might like to attend one of your future events. Probably worth loading on your upcoming presentation dates there too - [YouTube] (https://www.website.world/blog/279501): YouTube is a major social networking site in addition to the streaming of videos. All the blogging, and linking and rating of videos, helps make youtube such a useful place. Upload your own training and promotional videos, try not to be too slick, try and making something fun that people might rate or share. - [LinkedIn] (https://www.website.world/blog/279498): This site is for businesses and professional staff. It is like an online CV with a focus on references and recomendations. It will likely replace the need for CVs/testimonials in future, as references and recomendations can't be faked here. Please join LinkedIn make a recomendation about Reuben and our website builder service. - [Twitter] (https://www.website.world/blog/279497): Twitter is great for both business use and personal use. Anyone can follow anyone, without agreement. Use twitter to broadcast your micro messages, and to check on any discussion about you or your brand. Search # trends for fun or research. - [Facebook] (https://www.website.world/blog/279496): Facebook is probably the biggest fully featured social network depending on your definition. Is is media rich with videos and photos and discussion. Friends must agree to be friends. Start a personal account, then create a "business page" for your business focus. Your customers can become fans of your business, while keeping your personal account private. - [Which Benefits Product Descriptions Best: Content or Backlinks?] (https://www.website.world/which-benefits-product--descriptions-best-content-or-backlinks): Should you be focusing your time on improving the content within your product descriptions? Or is it better to work on gaining more backlinks to your products from other sites? We look into best practices when it comes to increasing eCommerce sales on your website. - [Wordpress / WooCommerce vs Website World E-Commerce] (https://www.website.world/wordpress-versus-website-world-website-builder): Learn more about the differences between Wordpress / WooCommerce and Website Worlds own E-Commerce platform. - [Simple Ways to Increase Sales On Your Website ] (https://www.website.world/simple-ways-increase-sales-on-website): Learn seven easy things you can do to begin increasing the number of sales you receive from your website today! Perfect for any eCommerce owner looking to take things to the next level without paying for advertising. - [Website Transfer] (https://www.website.world/website-transfer.html): Upgrading your website functionality without changing the existing look and feel. Request a website migration to our super awesome platform. - [Selling Food Online? Here's How to Do It] (https://www.website.world/selling-food-online): Wanting to accept orders and sell food online? We look at how to start selling takeaways and other food products online via a website. - [Setting Up a Side Business as a Web Designer] (https://www.website.world/side-business-web-designer): We explain how to set yourself up a side business as a web designer working from home, as well as running your own business using Website World. - [Our COVID-19 Response] (https://www.website.world/our-covid-19-response): We explain our response to the NZ wide lockdown due to COVID-19 and the ways we can help our customers during these challenging times. - [Why SEO is Important During a Recession ] (https://www.website.world/seo-importance-during-recession): Now more than ever, your website SEO becomes very important. Learn why you should be pulling out all the stops to DIY your website SEO now! - [Helping Your eCommerce Business Survive a Recession ] (https://www.website.world/ecommerce-business-survive-recession): Times are tough for everyone during a recession. Learn how you can help your eCommerce business weather the storm and come out the other end stronger than ever. - [Event Management] (https://www.website.world/blog/402808): Maintain events booking and registration for up and coming events/classes/seminars etc - [How to Optimise for Google's Featured Snippets ] (https://www.website.world/optimise-featured-snippets): We take a look at exactly what Google's featured snippets are, where they can be found, the benefits they provide and how to optimise your website to achieve featured snippets. - [New Zealand's Best eCommerce Solution ] (https://www.website.world/New-zealands-best-ecommerce-solution): Learn why Website Builder provide New Zealand's best eCommerce solution and how you can take advantage of our SEO friendly and easy to use website platform to grow your business upon. - [How to Write a Really Helpful Support Ticket] (https://www.website.world/how-to-write-a-support-ticket): Often customers ask us question in support without providing us with any context. This blog highlights the ways we would like support questions to be asked, such that we are able to provide a swift and complete answer to you, without having to ask you for more detail. - [White Hat SEO Strategies to Increase Your Web Traffic] (https://www.website.world/white-hat-seo-strategies): White hat SEO strategies can help your website increase the amount of organic traffic from search engines. Learn more about what white hat SEO strategies are and how to implement them on your site. - [Transfer Wise - Send and Receive Payments around the globe] (https://www.website.world/blog/812956): Transfer Wise has finally come to NZ. - [How to Set Up a Website In NZ] (https://www.website.world/blog/829546): Get your website set up in NZ in as little as three steps. Fully customisable and with a free website builder, we provide New Zealand's best eCommerce solution, backed up with NZ support and web hosting. Now is the time to set up your new website with Website Builder. - [How to Manage Change in Your Business] (https://www.website.world/manage-change-in-your-business): Managing change in your business is a key skill to master. We speak with business and accountability coach AJ Pipe on how to identify changes, plus share suggestions on how you can best manage these changes in your business. - [Bay Cottages Motel] (https://www.website.world/blog/811777): Since I purchased the business 2 years ago, it came with a website designed by somebody as a favour. So things got muddled when I wanted text changed or photos added as nobody really had an interest in doing so. Not sure how I stumbled upon Website Builder but I'm glad I did. I have a lot of experience with CMS in the past and setting up our new website was a breeze. Can recommend to anybody with a little or no experience in websites. - [WebWidgets December Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/76502): News from WebWidgets for December. - [WebWidgets September Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/71366): Hi Everyone Spring is finally here. This month's edition features some useful tips to "Spring Clean" your website. Just as shops require maintenance and spring cleaning, so do websites, as they are your virtual storefronts. WebWidgets has also been spruced up and spring cleaned with some sassy new graphics - we show you where and how these type of design enhancements can improve your website. - [8 Easy SEO Tips to Get You Started Today!] (https://www.website.world/easy-seo-tips): Forget about what you've heard about SEO being only for the experts! We share 8 easy and quick SEO tips you can action on your site today! - [What is Website Hosting?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-website-hosting): Struggling to understand what website hosting is and how it is different from a domain name? We break things down into easy to understand examples for you. - [What is a Domain Name & How Do I Choose One?] (https://www.website.world/what-is-a-domain-name): Without a domain name, you cannot have a website. But what exactly is it and how do you choose a good one? We share our beginner's guide to domain names with you today. - [Google Merchant Center Product Feed] (https://www.website.world/google-merchant-center-product-feeds): Learn how to connect your products with google merchant center - [Migrating / Copying / Importing Websites Just Got Easier] (https://www.website.world/migrating-websites-into-website-builder): We have been working hard on some new import wizards, to speed up the laborious task of importing a website from a different website platform. That process has now just got a whole lot easier. - [We’re Ringing Bells for Our Charities This Christmas] (https://www.website.world/blog/768609): Each year Website Builder donates over $15,000 to our favourite charities, the Fred Hollows Foundation and Oxfam. 2017 was no exception, because as a New Zealand owned business, we believe that this money is better spent helping others than sending our customers Christmas cards. - [Kreative Kiwi Embroidery] (https://www.website.world/blog/213064): Thank you so much for your help with the site. I have got feedback from my American customers saying the site is faster, and sales are up, so THANK YOU very much. - [Lexicon] (https://www.website.world/blog/229571): I've had so many compliments about my website, and poeple can't believe that I created it myself on such a small budget. It's been easy to do and manage and the diagnostics are so useful. I'm so pleased I took the time to get this up and running. It's the perfect solution for a small business like mine. - [The limits of free support] (https://www.website.world/limitations-of-free-support.html): The internet is an amazingly large place full of many different technologies, and it is developed by many different organisations. How can we best support our customers to have an awesome web experience, interacting well with all other systems, while at the same time offering good value. - [10 reasons why "non geeks" choose our awesome websitebuilder service over wordpress] (https://www.website.world/10-reasons-to-choose-wb-over-wordpress.html): 10 reasons why "non geeks" choose our awesome websitebuilder service over wordpress - [Google Insecure Site Warning Message - From January 2017] (https://www.website.world/chrome-insecure-website-message): To push more websites to implement encryption and to better protect users, Google will start flagging plain HTTP connections as insecure in its popular Chrome browser. The plan will go into effect in January 2017 with the release of Chrome 56 - [Uploading an Image 1:05] (https://www.website.world/blog/285070): Learn how to upload and insert an image into any page - [Changing To A New Look and Feel 1:08] (https://www.website.world/blog/294170): How to change your website design template - [June 2016 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/681796): In this edition of website.world news: Awesome broadband deal Customer Site Of The Month Awesome Updates and New Features New Templates About Outage June 5th Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [May 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/696028): In this edition of website.world news: Awesome broadband deal Customer Site Of The Month Awesome Updates and New Features New Payment Gateway (Paymark Click) 100% website up time Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [August 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/696027): This edition of website.world news is dedicated to Mobile Responsive Websites. All about Mobile Responsive Websites. Our Most Popular Theme: Minimal How to upgrade to a mobile responsive template New dedicated mobile template layouts Tips on Mobile Responsive Content Tweaking your CSS to be Mobile Responsive. August Promotion: Win $4500 Busines Makeover Package Awesome Updates and New Features Professional mobile website upgrade - only $100 100% Up Time Need training? Clearing your browser cache Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [September 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/696026): This edition of website.world news has lots of excellent news and updates $100 Website Design Offer Websites of the Month More Mobile Responsive Template Updates System updates and new features NZ Post eShip Integration Drag and Drop Email Updates Address Auto Completion Localisation New Style Editor Feature Professional mobile website upgrade - only $100 100% Up Time Need training? Clearing your browser cache All new training videos by Andrew Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [Have you been hacked? ] (https://www.website.world/how-to-recover-from-hackers): If you have been hacked, you need to think about how to clean up afterwards - [Free Websites for Playcentre Offer] (https://www.website.world/free-playcentre-website.html): Website.world are offering free websites for all playcentres in New Zealand, plus a further grant for resources. - [How Private and Confidential Is My Data?] (https://www.website.world/blog/671166): We take great effort to keep your website and data private and confidential. Our servers, applications and databases are all very secure. We encrypt passwords stored in our databases. However, there are some considerations you should take into account. - [April 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/671183): In this edition of website.world news: Important announcement for businesses using Gmail / Yahoo / Hotmail addresses How private is my data really? Customer Site Of The Month Website Builder Usability Updates 100% website up time Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the mont - [Jan 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/668001): Help us get integrated with NZ Post eShip Ecommerce Upgrades 100% website up time Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [Feb 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/667999): We have updated our website look and feel Drag and drop editor upgrades NZ Post eShip Integration Improved Robot Blockers Ecommerce Upgrades 100% website up time Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [March 2016 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/667998): Recent Work Switching Content Editor Modes Customer Site Of The Month Website Builder Usability Updates New Improved Google ReCaptcha Version 2 100% website up time Ecommerce Upgrades New Features Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [November 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/647238): In this edition of website.world news: Our $10,000 gift to you Great gift ideas from our merchants. Temporary new head office location Ecommerce Upgrades Holiday Support Tips 100% website up time Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband & 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [October 2015 news] (https://www.website.world/blog/644571): In this edition of website.world news: Ecommerce Upgrades Less than 2 months until Christmas Increased hours of support (Evenings) 100% website up time International Character Sets Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [September 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/639986): In this edition of website.world news: Email Server Migration Oct 7th 90 days till Christmas Paypal API Upgrade 100% Website Builder website up time Goodbye to Wordpress & PHP Hosting Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/sys - [August 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/633639): Website of the Month New Drag and Drop Editor GoSweetSpot Courier Integration Multi Currency Shopping Carts NetworkNZ - Business networking NZ Blog Tags Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband 0800 telephone numbers 25% discount on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [A dangerous SEO adventure] (https://www.website.world/blog/627178): When you have a lot of traffic, there can be some big risks in SEO strategies. We recently redirected all our SEO might at a single domain name, www.websitebuilder.world, away from www.websitebuilder.nz, with a hope that any traffic we may lose from NZ, we would gain on international ranking, with all else being equal. What happened? - [December 2013 News - Merry Christmas Everyone] (https://www.website.world/blog/520683): Our Christmas Gift To You Christmas Hours Christmas Web Design Specials Ultimate Multiscreen and Wirefree solution for Notebook users. Great Christmas Gift Ideas Other Christmas IT suggestions Keeping your computer safe from viruses Mysky, MyFreeview or What? New approach to Purchasing Web Design Services One-on-one training options Better Broadband Emergency Support Tickets Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the mon - [Clearing your browser cache] (https://www.website.world/clear-your-browser-cache-why): 99% of the time, the answer from support is to clear your cache. - [July 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/625517): In this issue of Website Builder World: Our New Website Address Combination Products Ordering products in multiple categories Free freight logic changes Bulk emailer "staleness" rule now enforced New International Website Locations Need Faster Publishing Times? PoliPay - only 1% fee for fast effective online payments Photographer shopping cart update Need training? Team Lunches - Buy us lunch? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found - [Poli Pay] (https://www.website.world/polipay-shopping-cart-options.html): Customers pay by online banking and merchant gets instant notification for real time service. Only 1% transaction fee. - [June 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/618836): In this issue of Website Builder World news: Hosting Price Decreased Referral Discount Increased Shorter URLs on product and blog pages. Mobile view port changed Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband 0800 telephone numbers 20% discounts on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [Phishing Attack Warning 22nd May] (https://www.website.world/phishing-attack): Some users may see a phishing warning when entering the CMS. Please ignore that message, or use a different web browser for the next few days. The issue was dealt with quickly but we need to wait for google staff to disable the warning mesage. Do you need to be alarmed? No, it's ok to proceed through that warning. Learn more - [May 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/611381): In this issue of Website Builder news: How your content is delivered around the world more quickly WordPress Vulnerabilities Recent Upgrades $2000 donated to Oxfam for the Nepal Earthquake Response Hosting plan allowance upgrades Need training? Clearing your browser cache Professional web design options Getting Found On Google Better Broadband 0800 telephone numbers 20% discounts on hosting Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links - [April 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/607984): In this issue of Website Builder news: Google Mobile Search Upgrade What to do if your site failes the mobile friendly test. Recent issues with background colours, What we have done for mobile mode Mobile design editing tips Get a mobile design professional update Getting Found On Google Better Broadband 0800 telephone numbers Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [March 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/601641): In this issue of Website Builder news: Countdown to end of preferential status .nz domains Awesome New Features Affiliate Loyalty Points (Rewarding Customer Referrals) Send reminders for incompleted carts Server Migration Complete Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [Countdown to end of preferential status .nz domains] (https://www.website.world/blog/601618): At 1pm on March 30th this year, that PRR status will end. This means that anyone can register the shorter .nz version of your domain name if you have not already registered or reserved it. There are some 370,000 .nz domains still in PRR status that will soon be able to be registered by anyone, including your competitors or domain name squatters who may charge you hundreds or thousands of dollars to acquire the domain later. We cannot emphasis how strongly we encourage you to register or reserve. - [February 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/594314): In this issue of Website Builder news: Server Migration to AWS Feb 17th Recap of our more interesting features you may not have heard of. Why choose website builder over opensource systems? Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [January 2015 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/591687): In this issue of Website Builder news: Address auto completion Server Migration to AWS Shopping Cart Upgrades Product Location Field Validation No Free Email Service Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the mont - [Our Christmas Gift] (https://www.website.world/blog/588967): As usual we give to charity rather than send Christmas gifts to customers. Please see an update of where your money goes. This update is from Oxfam to whom we gave $10000. We also committed to give $4800 annually to Fred Hollows foundation. We also give to various children s charities. - [Address Auto Complete] (https://www.website.world/blog/588156): We have recently added google auto complete features to most of our address forms, like checkout, and membership registration. This ensures data is in a standard format. - [December 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/588154): Our Christmas Gift to you Recap of the year Future focus Ecommerce Upgrades Security Upgrades Holiday Hours and Holiday Time Support Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [November 2014 news] (https://www.website.world/blog/588155): A spammy month - system changes Shorter .nz domain name updates Ecommerce Upgrades Need training? Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month A Spammy Month From time to time we get hit by spamme - [October 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/583584): Shorter .nz domain name. How do i get my .nz domain? Did you pre register a .nz domain? What about conflicted domains? What impact will these changes have on SEO What about my long term investment in the .co.nz domain? Where can i get more information on the .nz domain changes. Need training? Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [August 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/572580): In this issue of Website Builder news: Shorter .nz domain name. Domain registant details Fighting spammers and hackers Inventory Management System Added VIP Pricing Option Loyalty Points Program Discount Pricing Display Engine Kiwibank Fetch Payment Gateway Usability Changes Rewriting prompts and internationalisation Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of th - [September 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/574824): In this issue of Website Builder news: Shorter .nz domain name. VIP Pricing Option Default URI's shortened Deleted pages can now be restored Adding products to categories Blog: Which telco or ISP should i use? What mobile phone is best for me? Updates to Vend, Unleashed and Xero APIs Default Banner Size Changed Fighting spammers and Hackers Rewriting prompts and internationalisation Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - r - [Which Telco and ISP should you be with? Which mobile phone?] (https://www.website.world/telco-review-2014.html): Reuben reviews the nz telecommunications industry and tv subscription services. - [End of Xoren name] (https://www.website.world/blog/566270): For the last year we have promoted our shopping cart under it's own brand name Xoren. We have since decided to bring the content back under the website builder brand, and we will only refer to our whole product offering as "website builder" from now on. - [June 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/558340): In this issue of Website Builder news, June 2014: Updated Mobile Templates Auto Save Grids and Product Forms New Ecommerce Features Other New Features File Space Limits Increased. New Domain Suffixes and SEO Support Ticket System replaced Free Xero Training (Auckland) Need Website Builder Training? Guru Mediations Clear your Cache Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites - [July 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/563634): In this issue of Website Builder news, July 2014: Drag and Drop File Uploads Product and Category Sorting Search Engine Optimisation Tips - Get higher on google Clear your Cache Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [May 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/555080): In this issue of Website Builder news, May 2014: New Ecommerce Features New POS Features New CK Editor Version Free Xero Training (Auckland) Need Website Builder Training? Guru Mediations Clear your Cache Professional Web Design Services Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [Freelance Designer or Programmer Wanted] (https://www.website.world/blog/546798): We are looking for a freelance designer or programmer who wants free rent to run their own business, plus some stable income from 2-3 hours work per day. We can provide you with a constant stream of new web customers too. - [Heart Bleed Security Issue] (https://www.website.world/heartbleed): Sorry to intrude on your inbox twice in 1 week, but we need to announce a major security issue "HeartBleed" that has happened on the internet, and we also were affected. Please read the full story to learn more. - [Urgency has many faces] (https://www.website.world/blog/542983): Many customers believe their issue is urgent but should they really use our URGENT priority when raising support tickets? - [April 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/542954): In this issue of Website Builder news, April 2014: CDN Service now live POS Point of Sale Mode Even more new domain suffix options Clearing Your Cache Mobile Version Upgrades Support Improvements Professional Web Design Services One-on-one training options Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of the month - [Feb 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/542956): Happy new year to everyone, sorry we missed the January edition of our newsletter. In this issue of Website Builder news, February 2014: New Features Coming Soon Improved Support Roster POS - Point of Sale Service and Better stock control New Shopping Cart Reports Keeping your computer safe from viruses Professional Web Design Services One-on-one training options Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller options Cool links/system links Websites of - [March 2014 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/542955): In this issue of Website Builder news, March 2014: New domain suffix options Why is Website Builder better than Wordpress? International CDN Hosting Service going Live New discount option Usability Tip For Product Management Improved Support Roster POS - Point of Sale Service and Better stock control New Shopping Cart Reports Keeping your computer safe from viruses Professional Web Design Services One-on-one training options Better Broadband Affiliate discounts Start your own bus - [Please say good bye to cheques] (https://www.website.world/blog/541633): 99% of our customers pay by online banking or credit card, and automation of these payment methods make administration much easier. Making administration easier passes on savings to our customers. We have decided to pass on a user pays policy for cheques. - [Wordpress Versus Website Builder] (https://www.website.world/wordpress-versus-website-builder.html): A summary of why our customers prefer website builder over wordpress - [How do I do this?] (https://www.website.world/blog/530254): So often we get asked a question like, how do i do __________? Typically the answer requires 1 hour of research, but only 1 minute to implement. - [No Warranty On Templates] (https://www.website.world/blog/525466): Recently we have had a long conversation with one of our customers regarding templates warranty. That is, if a particular template does not work with a particular browser or particular customisation option, then who is responsible for fixing it. We feel it is important to publically state our position on template warranty. - [samsung allshare cast bit of a failure] (https://www.website.world/blog/522246): So i bought a samsung blue ray player with smart share center in it soi could drive it with my samsung phone... but... - [November 2013 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/519063): In this issue of Website Builder news, November 2013: Mobile and Responsive Upgrades Important CSS Upgrades Bulk Emailer Styling Hosting Plans New Approach To Design and Training PoliPay - New payment gateway Training Seminar - 26th November One-on-one training options Better Broadband New Telephone Portal Emergency Support Tickets - New Approach New Shopping Cart New Click to Edit Mode Get Free Links to your website Affiliate discounts Start your own business - reseller optio - [3 Computer Screens from a Notebook With Fewer Wires] (https://www.website.world/blog/516230): I just solved my home office solution. I now run 3 screens off a notebook, and the notebook only has 2 wires connected. 1 wire for the notebook power, the other wire from notebook to a generic "dock". - [September 2013 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/504202): In this issue of Website Builder news, September, 2013. Introduction Training Seminar - 1 hour - now just $35 In depth website builder seminar, 15th October - 2 hours, just $65 And shopping cart seminar, 15th October - 2 hours, just $65 One-on-one training, just $100 per hour. New Telephone Portal Emergency Support Tickets New Approach Support and Consultancy New Shopping Cart New Click to Edit Mode Get Free Links to your website Free website review Affiliate discounts Free doma - [October 2013 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/504201): Bring on the sunny spring weekends, evening BBQ's and it's amazing what changes a month can bring here at Website Builder. Our new shopping cart is live, our designers are now all independent contractors waiting to help provide you professional design work, and we have added PoliPay as a great option for real time online banking payments with tracking. In this issue of Website Builder news, October 2013: New Approach To Design and Training Shopping Cart Upgrade PoliPay - New payment - [July 2013 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/494278): In this issue of Website Builder news, July, 2013. Domains only $19 per year now. Training Seminars Available only $50 SEO Upgrades Get Free Links to your website Social Media For Business 9 Tips for a Successful Blog and Why You Need One Free Microsoft 360 for Charities Drag / Drop - Upgrades to Sitemap, Categories, Products etc Improved Analytics Date/Time Picker and Category Popups One-on-one training One Page Website Design Offer $199 = design/hosting/domain incl Free website - [August 2013 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/497223): In this issue of Website Builder news, August, 2013. New "click to edit" Editor Mode Training Seminars Available only $65 Analytics - Show me the money Get Free Links to your website One-on-one training One Page Website Design Offer Only $199 = design + hosting + domain Free website review Affiliate discounts Free domains Start your own business Links and new sites Cool links/system links Websites of the month New Editor Mode Available for Beta Testing We have a new WYSIWYG - [Perfecting the offline checkout experience] (https://www.website.world/there-are-too-many-cards-in-my-wallet): Everyday I buy my coffee I suffer from a bad experience at the checkout. It's the same ordinary checkout experience we all suffer, because it's just how everyone does it. I propose some solutions that could streamline our lives. Many of these options are not just technical, they need government regulation to encourage the payment gateways to make the change. - [Opensource / PHP Hosting Options] (https://www.website.world/opensource-php-hosting.html): Alternative hosting options & alternative CMS products are available. Some opensource systems to consider include: OsCommerce Shopping Cart Joomla CMS Wordpress CMS Drupal CMS OS Ticket (Support Ticketing System) phpMyAdmin - [June Newsletter 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/494276): Also, in this issue of Website Builder news, June, 2013. Domain name prices slashed to just $19+gst per year Shopping Carts now available on the $15 per month plan Upgrades to Vouchers, Promotions and Discounts Training Seminars Available only $50 One-on-one training One Page Website Design Offer $199 = design/hosting/domain incl Free website review Affiliate discounts Free domains Start your own business - [Charging GST on Imported Goods Under $400] (https://www.website.world/blog/491340): i think it would be possible to charge gst on goods under $400, and heres how. - [Streamlining your google inbox] (https://www.website.world/Streamlining-your-google-inbox): Some cool settings in google inbox to improve your productivity - [New CRM Functionality] (https://www.website.world/blog/482136): We are continuously endeavoring to ensure our robust CMS has all the functionality most small businesses need to operate online. - [New Discounts, Promotions and Voucher Functionality] (https://www.website.world/blog/482135): We have been busy building lots of new ways to provide discounts and promotions to your customers, with filters for categories, and percentage discounts on vouchers, etc. - [May Newsletter 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/479930): Also, in this issue of Website Builder news, May, 2013 Xoren - the Awesome Shopping Cart Free Cloud Seminar (Auckland) One Page Website Offer - Great for trades and services The Trades Coach - free business coaching offer Geo-Op One-on-one training Free website review Affiliate discounts Free domains Start your own business New features & Updates New Advanced Search function Mobile Templates Get Help! (with your website) Links and new sites Cool links/system links Websites of - [Worldpay Shopping Cart Solution] (https://www.website.world/blog/476308): Setup Fee: $240 Annual Fee: $435 Transaction Fee: 4.5% Multiple currencies. - [New Advanced Products Search Feature] (https://www.website.world/blog/476559): Checkout our new Advanced Products Search Feature. Add [PRODUCTS_SEARCH] to the left/right column of your design template, and get this really powerful product search component. - [April Newsletter 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/475764): Get a discount off your web hosting by referring a friend, manage job dispatch with GeoOP, and organise your accounting easier with Receipt Bank - [February Newsletter 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/469529): Get your own app, EASY social media, Vend & Unleashed integration. Customise out of stock messages and functionality. Control product option pricing and stock. - [March Newsletter 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/469528): Cloud apps and add-ons: Timely, SwipeHQ. Training options: Training videos, Personalised one-on-one training, Free website check-over. Tips and tricks: Customising Email Notification, Custom thumbnail sizes. - [January Newsletter 2013] (https://www.website.world/blog/461134): Unleashed integration: update, Product options: update, Out of stock messaging, New fashion-style layout, GST reverse calculations, Google fonts, Training options, Training videos, Quick professional touch ups, Tips and tricks and Start your own Website Business! - [What is the 'Cloud'?] (https://www.website.world/blog/466578): What is the cloud and how can it help you save money, time and elimiate frustrations? - [Bright future for software Apps in NZ] (https://www.website.world/blog/464287): Xerocon was held in Auckland on 21/22 Feb and was an absolute hive of new add-ons and software for business. Website Builder was at xerocon promoting our product & new integration's with vend, unleashed & fastway - [Accepting beta testers for vend integration] (https://www.website.world/VendHQ-shopping-cart-ready-now): We are currently beta testing our free shopping cart integration with Vend for simple, centralised inventory management. Now we integrate with XERO, Fastway Couriers & are also final testing UNLEASHED integration. What more could a retail business want? - [Windows 8] (https://www.website.world/blog/459464): I had planned to write a short blog on my experience of Windows 8 after 6 weeks. In a few simple words I would say, don't upgrade until they do service pack 1... I can't print or scan, and it's a little annoying not using your peripherals. - [December Newsletter 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/456290): Seasons greetings to you all! My name is Anthony Reardon and I'm the new General Manager here at Web Widgets Ltd, the company who provides the Website Builder service... - [MySky, Tivo, Igloo, Magic, Freeview, PVR] (https://www.website.world/ultimate-tivo-igloo-pvr-freeview-mysky.html): What is the ultimate media center... I'm intrigued by the lack of cohesion of the entertainment devices in our living rooms, and I am sure the complexity is so that shops can sell more appliances. - [October Newsletter 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/451242): New Template Selector, Product Options, iPhone App - Development, Campaign Management -Updates, Employment Opportunities - [November Newsletter 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/451241): Fastway courier integration, PayPal policy update, Subscription membership - Expiry/Paid, Email Campaign Management Rules, Web Statistics, Google Analytics - [Automated Campaign Management] (https://www.website.world/blog/447004): You can create automated email campaigns and setup rules to automatically subscribe new customers. This ensures that customers get all your newsletters in an appropriate sequential order. - [September Newsletter 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/442876): kiwi.nz domains, member form upgrades, email campaign management and more new features - [Login nightmares] (https://www.website.world/blog/441196): Just setting up my more recent edition iPad, and I've had a few realisations. - [August Newsletter 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/439261): Customisable Order Notifications Secure Document Delivery, Automated Couher Sales, Members and Order Management Updates, Timed Newsletter Delivery, New Hosting Plans - [July Newsletter 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/438698): New Image Wizaed New Form Builder PayPal updates New Template Custom Codes, Shopping Cart Upgrades, Pinterest Links, CSS List based product/category and gallery layouts - [June 2012 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/427204): Image Presets, New Templates, New Background Images, Using SoundCloud, Mobile Version' Saving Shopping Carts - [May 2012 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/427205): NZ Couriers Auto Labelling, Wedding List Feature, Linkedin Hacked! Creating Banners with Pixlr, Embedding Web Fonts, Cool Links, More Useful Resources - [April News 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/419697): New standard and E-Commerce Templates Templates, Image size and Optimization - [March News 212] (https://www.website.world/blog/419696): Pinterest, New Promotional Shopping Rags, Pimp My Site, facebook updates and Branding - [Wedding Lists and Wish Lists] (https://www.website.world/wedding-lists): We now have a wedding list and save basket feature - [Wedding Lists and Wish Lists] (https://www.website.world/blog/422036): We now have a Wedding List feature. Learn more about this here. - [February News 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/404496): New animated banner, New CMS now live, Tool and tips - [January 2012 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/401763): We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and are as excited as we are at what will be achieved this year. This issue includes the launch of our new Website, new CMS is coming, Scott's API development, training options, Tips and Tricks plus new design tips - [December 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/396075): Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! In this festive issue of Website Builder News, December 2011. Our present to you Christmas Hours How to use Webmail over Holidays New CMS Interface New Website Look and Feel New Blog Features International Domain Name Registration Options New Employee: Scott New APIs - Xero / PayStation / VendHQ / Unleashed Quick Professional Touchup Training Options Cool Links Social Media Tip SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for charities offer - [New Blog Features] (https://www.website.world/blog/395364): We have added lots of new blog features to ramp up your website with more interactive content. - [November 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/390498): Training Options Popup Shopping Cart Freight Calculations Members - Personal Messages Quick Professional Touchup New Clipart Website - Great Learning Tool Cool Links Christmas Gift Ideas - Free Product Promotion Social Media Tip SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for charities offer Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [October 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/385025): In this issue of Website Builder News, October 2011. Traffic Limits Doubled Training Options Webstock 2012 XeroCon 2012 Quick Professional Touchup CMS Login Upgrades iPhone / Blackberry Mobile Device Versions New Popup Widgets Linking Images New Clipart - Shopping Buttons Cool Links Social Media Tip SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for charities offer Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the M - [Creating Animated Banners] (https://www.website.world/blog/383350): Make an animated banner on your webpage. - [Upload A Video 1:25] (https://www.website.world/blog/283096): Upload your own videos into your web pages - [Link and upload an Attachment 0:42] (https://www.website.world/blog/283095): learn how to create a link to a a newly uploaded file, such as PDF or Excel document. - [Inserting a Link 0:42] (https://www.website.world/blog/283094): See how easy it is to insert a content link into a page - [Using Tables for Layout 0:59] (https://www.website.world/blog/286588): Using tables and columns makes laying out lots of images and text easier - [We are a Sponsor of Webstock 2012] (https://www.website.world/blog/379305): Web Widgets Ltd is proud to be a major sponsor of Webstock 2012. This is a must attend event for web designers and any web masters looking to take their website to the next level. Look forward to seeing you there in 2012 - [Unlimited traffic, or quality traffic] (https://www.website.world/blog/379304): We often note that some other web hosting providers offer unlimited website traffic, or traffic plans which are too good to believe. Why? - [September 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/378082): In this issue of Website Builder News, September 2011. New Web Hosting Plans CMS Upgrades Last Group Training Sessions New Training Videos Quick Professional Touchup Mix and Match Gallery/FAQ Layouts Unlimited CMS Administrators New TinyMCE Version Shopping Cart Terms and Conditions Feature New Paging Tabs for long product lists Cool Links PHP Website Hosting, and Development Work Social Media Tip SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for charities offer Start your own web - [Want a tweet feed on your page] (https://www.website.world/blog/377225): It's pretty easy to get a tweet feed on your website these days. Learn how - [August 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/373407): In this issue of Website Builder News, August 2011. Last Group Training Sessions Quick Professional Touchup Freight Calculator Upgrade New Animated Banner Effects Jquery and ColorBox New Templates Cool Links PHP Website Hosting, and Development Work Social Media Tip SEO Tip of the Month New free website design for charities offer Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [July 2011 news] (https://www.website.world/blog/366691): In this issue of Website Builder News, June 2011. A special edition focusing on IT issues Training Options Free Seminar - Xero Accounting, Shopping Cart, HR, and other Cloud Services Quick Professional Touchup Sell Vouchers with Bar Codes "Hi I'm calling from Microsoft Technical Support" - NOT Welcome Danae New Company Car - Toyota Prius Review Cool Links Social Media Club Event Tonight 6pm Social Media Tip - Very Social Toobar Social Media - Google Plus +1 SEO Tip of the Month - G - [Hi, I'm calling from Microsoft Technical Support] (https://www.website.world/blog/362305): How do they know my home number? Why is the phone quality so bad? Do I really want to give access to my computer to a random stranger? - [Social Media Club Auckland] (https://www.website.world/blog/362182): I've been enjoying attending events at Social Media Club Auckland, here's some guff on it. - [Review of a Toyota Prius, my new company car] (https://www.website.world/blog/361694): I've had my new Toyota Prius for just a few days, here's what i think of it. - [Websites for Business Associations] (https://www.website.world/blog/362180): We have the perfect solution for business associations, including an automated business directory within the website, membership subscription payments, and a bulk emailer to send a regular newsletter - [Voucher Websites] (https://www.website.world/voucherwebsite): You can now create your own daily deal voucher website. Use product quantity area to control timing. Use automation tab to deliver the voucher to customer. - [June 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/360787): In this issue of Website Builder News, June 2011. A special edition focusing on IT issues Training Options Free Seminar - Xero Accounting, Shopping Cart, HR, and other Cloud Services Quick Professional Touchup Background Images and Positions Which Web Browser to use? Time to upgrade your computer? Installing new software easier Cool Links Virus/Malware Checking Need for Speed - IT Tips from Need a Nerd Some HR Tips Free phone numbers USA/Australia Social Media Tip - Social Media - [My New Computer] (https://www.website.world/blog/360626): I've updated my computer, learn about the new specs and why it's so good. - [Must Have Software] (https://www.website.world/blog/360622): Read a review of a great website called ninite.com and some suggested must have software - [May 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/353844): In this issue of Website Builder News, May 2011 Limited support: 20-25th May Training Options Free Seminar - Xero Accounting, Shopping Cart, HR, and other Cloud Services Quick Professional Touchup Multiple Product Images with Lightbox Zoom/Slideshow Advanced User Features Giving Individual Users Admin Access to Invididual Pages Cool Links Availability/ResBook Widget for Accommodation Free phone numbers USA/Australia Social Media Tip SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for ch - [SEO Slideshare Presentation] (https://www.website.world/blog/350026): A slide show about how to optimise your website to get higher on google - [LBS - Location Based Services] (https://www.website.world/blog/348126): The bright future of things for a while. Google search is be coming very location aware. Nearly every telephone has a GPS chip in it, or can calculate location from cell towers. So why is it so important? - [April 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/347972): In this issue of Website Builder News, April 2011 Training Options Quick Professional Touchup Availability/ResBook Widget for Accommodation Multiple Product Images with Lightbox Zoom/Slideshow Improved Add Page Options Improved Product/Category Link Wizards Professional Design - HR Toolkit Professional Design - Liborte Cool Links What's happening on our Facebook page Social Media Tip - Meetup SEO Tip of the Month - Product URLs and Localist Free website design for char - [Usability - and More Usability] (https://www.website.world/blog/347117): Usability is the key to a successful website and a successful business. Retail stores understand this, but does everyone else? - [Social Media - Events Management] (https://www.website.world/blog/347114): social media = low carbon footprint = auto integration to peoples calendars - [March 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/340020): In this issue of Website Builder News, March 2011 Training Options Quick Professional Touchup Appointment Reservation Calendar with Availability Improved Support For Apple Users Christchurch Earthquake Domain Names Marketing Websites - LemonPie Social Media Tip - Hootsuite SEO Tip of the Month - Google Places Free website design for charities Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [Christchurch, Earthquakes and Search Engines] (https://www.website.world/blog/337575): Re Christchurch, if any business has been disrupted by the quake, please email accounts@webwidgets.co.nz & explain circumstances & request a hosting credit. FYI, It is really a bad idea to let your web hosting lapse, as it effects your search ranking. Stay online with a message regarding temporary closure. - [February 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/336627): Training Options Quick Professional Touchup Backup/Restore Design Changes Domain Names Credit Card Service Fees option for merchants International Toll Free Call numbers Social Media Tip - Linked In Companies SEO Tip of the Month - Dedicated Websites Free website design for charities Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [January 2011 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/330614): In this issue of Website Builder News, January 2011... Welcome back to the grind! Valentines Gift Ideas Training Options Quick Professional Touchup Domain Names Google Adwords Setup Help Reminder Services Failed Emails Social Media Tip - Four Square SEO Tip of the Month - Google Places Free website design for charity - start voting Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [New Years Predictions] (https://www.website.world/blog/328636): I like reading about technology, so thought i would make some predictions for this year - [Now 10 years old] (https://www.website.world/blog/324602): The concept behind Web Widgets website builder is now 10 years old. About 10 and a half years ago, i built a website... - [November 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/322131): In this issue of Website Builder News, November 2010... Training Options 10th Aniversary of Web Widgets Quick Professional Touchup WHK Business Growth Domain Names Writing better newsletters Social Media Tip - Add This SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for charity - start voting Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [Now 10 years old] (https://www.website.world/blog/314097): The concept behind Web Widgets website builder is now 10 years old. About 10 and a half years ago, i built a website... - [October 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/313122): In this issue of Website Builder News, October 2010... Training Options GST Rate Change Implications Quick Professional Touchup Cheaper Phone Calling / Second Lines Domain Names Scams - Emails re Paypal Social Media Tip - Add This SEO Tip of the Month Free website design for charity Start your own website builder business How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [September 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/307078): In this issue of Website Builder News, September 2010... Training Options Content Editor Upgrade GST Rate Change Implications Christchurch Businesses Affected By Earthquake? Give your DIY website a professional makeover Server backups and redundancy .co Domain Names Social Media Tips - Four Square and Twitter SEO Tip of the Month Reseller Options How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [August 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/301603): In this issue of Website Builder News, August 2010... Training Options Give your DIY website a professional makeover Shopping Cart Upgrades Whitepaper - How do i get more traffic to my website? New Support Ticketing System .co Domain Names Content Editor Upgrades Social Media Tips - LinkedIn SEO Tip of the Month Reseller Options How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [July 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/299988): In this issue of Website Builder News, July 2010... Last chance for free training - Wellington & Christchurch Free Tickets to Bizzone Business Expo One on One Training New Support Ticketing System Enhanced Listing on NZS.com GST Changes Payment Gateways - Paymex Gone Events Calendar - Repeat Days Choice of Content Editors 10 Best Tips on Better Website Design Social Media Tips SEO Tip of the Month Business Speed Networking Events Reseller Options How to help us pro - [Refudiate Sarah Palin] (https://www.website.world/blog/292634): Today Sarah Palin said "refudiate". The creation of new words by not so intelligent, but often quoted people is a great opportunity. Watch your website rise high in google as millions of people follow this trend. And this blog post is specifically to do that and for no other purpose! - [New WYSIWYG editor version live] (https://www.website.world/blog/286937): We have made the latest version of TinyMCE live for editing WYSIWYG content... (the word style toolbar, current version is 3.3.7. Please let us know asap if you experience odd issues. - [Social media - do i really have to?] (https://www.website.world/blog/286544): For those not currently using social media, a few thoughts from someone in the web industry who has only just embraced it. - [June 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/285473): Hi [FIRSTNAME] In this issue of Website Builder News, June 2010... Last chance for free training - Hamilton, Whangarei, Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch One on One Training Free Tickets to Bizzone Business Expo 2000th Customer Domains Price Reduction Traffic Allowance Increases Tell a Friend Icons / Pages Shopping cart product availability messages Social Media - Facebook SEO Tip of the Month Business Speed Networking Events Reseller Options How to help us promote - [Domain prices discounted, hosting plan traffic increased] (https://www.website.world/blog/283940): The base web hosting plan now supports 1GB traffic (up from 700MB). All domain registration and renewal fees have been dropped to $29/year (down from $33), with discounts for long term renewals. Reseller domains now only $22/year. - [iPad Review] (https://www.website.world/blog/282261): So i got my iPad finally from the USA incurring multiple sales taxes and horrendous shipping fees. Here's my review after 24 hours - [May 2010 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/279863): In this issue of Website Builder News, May 2010... Free Training Sessions - Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch One on One Training Customise invoice/receipt/docket headers and footers New Document Not Found page Free Tickets to Bizzone Business Expo Additional Small Business Training Seminars Web 2 Expo Wrap Up Become a Facebook Fan Social Media - Twitter SEO Tip of the Month - Cool online SEO tools Change of Address and Onehunga Office Space Available - [1000th Customer] (https://www.website.world/blog/274702): We have just signed up our 1000th live customer. Congratulations to Roz Speirs of http://www.strupakcottage.co.nz/ who has won 2 years free web hosting. - [April 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/274701): In this issue of Website Builder News, April 2010... Free Training Sessions - Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch One on One Training Online Training Videos New Discount Web Design Package $540 New hourly rates Events Booking System with Payments Additional Small Business Training Seminars DPS Payment Gateway Offer We are moving to Grey Lynn Onehunga Office Space Available Navigational Tips SEO Tip of the Month - LinkedIn.com - [March 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/270404): In this issue of Website Builder News, March 2010... Free Training Sessions - Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch One on One Training Windows 7 Review More new design templates - Brochure/Portfolio More FONTS Navigational Tips SEO Tip of the Month How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [February 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/264601): In this issue of Website Builder News, February 2010... Free Training Sessions - Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch One on One Training WYSIWYG Editor Update More new design templates - virbant colours Navigational Tips SEO Tip of the Month How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [January 2010 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/262199): In this issue of Website Builder News, January 2009... More New Templates - Wider Templates Free Training Sessions - Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch One on One Training Almost 1000 customers V5 Editor Update SEO Tip of the Month How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [December 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/254565): In this issue of Website Builder News, December 2009... New CMS Interface Your Christmas Gift Summer Holiday Hours Free Training Sessions One on One Training SEO Tip of the Month How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [Web based Events Management System] (https://www.website.world/online-event-management-system): Our web based events management system lets you take bookings or enquiries online. Bookings of attendees can be managed in the back end. - [November 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/250130): In this issue of Website Builder News, November 2009... Free Training Sessions One on One Training New design templates! Spotlight on our Professionally Designed Websites Events Management Shopping Cart Updates Search and Replace New Colour Picker New Tabs and UI Features Customer Database Custom Fields Websites and domains for sale SEO Tip of the Month CSS Wizard How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [October 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/245634): In this issue of Website Builder News, October 2009... Free Training Sessions (Last chance for Dunedin and Chch till mid next year!) One on One Training Change of payment gateway for Web Widgets Ltd Photo Cropping Online Shopping Cart Updates SEO Tip of the Month Changing hosting plans, plan credits/adjustment fees. Authenticated SMTP service How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [September 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/238544): In this issue of Website Builder News, September 2009... Free Training Sessions Even more new design templates Changes to positional templates Updated DIY SEO Tips Page Weight based shipping improvement More control over shipping notifications and order/invoice footers Change to our Invoice Format Customising Login Pages Welcome to Jo Moala Whats in the Pipe Line? How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [Radio Advert Wellington] (https://www.website.world/blog/237059): FYI, running this advert to see how it drums up business for our next wellington seminar - [August 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/233207): We have a jam packed issue of Website Builder News, August 2009... Free Training Sessions New V5 WYSIWYG editor - Live Brand new templates SEO Tips - Picking the right keywords Bulk Emailer and Customer Database Upgrades (multiple groups) Shopping Cart Upgrades Understanding why you get logged out Blogs and new Forum updates Customer Survey Results Social networking links and suggestions How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [July 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/224457): In this issue of Website Builder News, July 2009... Free Training NZ Wide New WYSIWYG editor. Multiple product options - Size / Colour plus 1 more Shopping Cart Changes People who bought this item, also bought these items... Bulk Emailer Upgrades Vacancies Get a $25 credit on your hosting account by completing our customer survey How to help us promote Website Builder and get a 20% rebate Websites of the Month - [June 2009 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/224455): In this issue of Website Builder News, June 2009... Free Training NZ Wide Our new website design Beware domain scams from Asia Free delivery for orders over $x? Faster data entry of category products Free Bizzone tickets for Christchurch and Wellington expos. Reordering of photos in galleries now easier Right click menus Get 20% discount for referring us new business Start your own business selling websites Websites of the Month - [Categorising your customer database] (https://www.website.world/blog/224207): There are several ways to categorise your customer database. - [New Website Design] (https://www.website.world/blog/217027): Yes we have updated our website design. We rushed this out just a bit, so please expect some more minor incremental changes shortly. We are currently working on a new set of demonstration videos and seeking more testimonials. - [May 2009 Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/215489): In this issue of Website Builder News, May 2009... Free Training NZ Wide Advanced Training - 14th July Small Business Expo - Get Free tickets RSS Feeds and Twitter Page sizes for galleries, FAQ and shopping pages Right click menus Get 20% discount for referring us new business Start your own business selling websites Websites of the Month - [Free tickets to Bizone Small Business Expo] (https://www.website.world/blog/212054): You can get free tickets to see us and others at the upcoming Small Business Expo using the following link. - [April 2009] (https://www.website.world/blog/211566): In this issue of Website Builder News, February 2009... Free Training NZ Wide - Dunedin 18th May Advanced Training - 14th July Shopping Cart - Multiple Currency Shopping Cart - Price Formating and GST Inserting Video clips into Your Pages Animated Banners Customising Enquiry Forms / Opt In / Referred By Functionality Get 20% discount for referring us new business Start your own business selling websites Websites of the Month - [December 2008 Website Builder News] (https://www.website.world/blog/203358): Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Office closed from 20th December - 4th January A look back over the year Free training successful and more to come A quick tip Increasing your Page Ranking on Google Websites of the Month - [January 2009 Website Builder News] (https://www.website.world/blog/203357): We're Back Free Training (including Hamilton and Tauranga) Welcome to our new programmer - Thi What is a Favicon? Calendars or Event List? Xero Accounting Integration Websites of the Month - [February 2009 Website Builder News] (https://www.website.world/blog/203356): Free Training NZ Wide Plain English Dates on Events Shopping Cart - Full Address and Delivery Details New Ecommerce Features Coming Soon Surviving the Recession Online Putting your Website in Limbo? Job Vacancy Websites of the Month - [March 2009 Website Builder News] (https://www.website.world/blog/207064): In this issue of Website Builder News, March 2009... Free Training NZ Wide Welcome Mike New Tool Tips Web Widgets rebranding Free Websites for Charities and tax advantages for charity Websites of the Month - [Sell Widgets In Boxes] (https://www.website.world/blog/204771): The most basic version of the shopping cart makes it easy to sell and manage the process of shipping widgets to your customers. Can be retail or password protected. Accept payment by credit card or any other option you choose. Manage the shipping process. - [Real Estate] (https://www.website.world/blog/204777): Maintain a series of property listings for sale or rent with several photos each. Users can email the listings to a friend. - [Bill Pay / Donations] (https://www.website.world/blog/204774): Plain and simple, it lets customers quickly pay you some money with a reference number by a range of payment options. - [Sell Photos Online] (https://www.website.world/blog/204773): Artists and photographers can sell photos online easily too. The option above is good for a small number of photos, but for sites with larger collections of event photos, we have a purpose built option for them. Upload your photos in bulk using FTP, and our system will automatically generate a thumbnail browser, and allow customers to order prints in a range of predetermined sizes. - [November 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/193596): In this issue of Web Widgets News, November 2008... More Free Training - Auckland, Tairua and Christchurch Changes to our Content Management Interface We Use Web Widgets Too Legitimate Emails Regarding Your Domain Name Search Engine Optimisation Natural Filenames on Shopping Categories Check Your Hosting Plan New Design Templates Web Widgets Holiday Hours Websites of the Month - [Paymex has closed its doors (then reopened)] (https://www.website.world/blog/186647): As at 1:45pm 17th September 2008 Paymex has unfortunately had to close it's doors. Due to some runaway charge backs and various legal issues they have been subsequently forced to stop trading.... STOP PRESS.... Paymex under new management will be back within a week. - [October 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/188138): In this issue of Web Widgets News, October 2008... Spring has Sprung Free Training Sessions in Auckland and Wellington (and now Christchurch) Displaying Discounts on Shopping Carts Paymex Gone... But Back Again Check Your Hosting Plan New templates on the way Websites of the Month - [September 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/186646): Beat the Recession Blues Chinese Domain Name Scam New Staff - Morgan and Andrew Free Training in Auckland and Wellington Google Web Browser Released Improved Search Widget Purchase quantity selection on product detail pages Excess traffic fees Making the best use of email Websites of the Month - [August 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/182859): In this issue of Web Widgets News, August 2008... Spell checker More categories per product Better Speed/SEO for American, Australian and international focused domains Discounts/Commissions - 20% off per referral Cheaper phone services / Internet Telephony IPhones - Yes or No? Our bank account number has changed Websites of the Month - [July 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/180067): In this issue of Web Widgets News, July 2008... Better menus for big websites Category menu options Ordering menu buttons Foreign currency payments - Importers and Exporters How to accept American Express on your website Wellington Small Business Expo Beware of Asian Intellectual Property Rights Email scam. Websites of the Month - [June 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/176270): In this issue of Web Widgets News, June 2008... Shopping Carts now available on Starter Hosting Plan Updated Forums Wellington Small Business Expo - 25-27th June New Payment Gateway - PayMex Websites of the Month - [May 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/173399): In this issue of WebWidgets News, May 2008... Welcome new trial customers Gaining more exposure on Google via Maps New Feature - Referred By and Opt In VOIP phones New direct dial numbers for Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton Wellington small business expo New Payment Gateway - Flo2Cash Emma is leaving us Website of the Month Profile - [April 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/171717): In this issue of WebWidgets News, April 2008... Web Stats by Email VOIP Phones and changes to Web Widgets phone system. Small Business Expo Website of the Month Profile - [March 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/168953): In this issue of WebWidgets News, March 2008... Free tickets to Small Business Expo (Auckland and Wellington), worth $20 Now Compatible with Firefox / Safari and Apple Macs Missing Web Stats Issue Website of the Month http://www.buynzmade.org.nz/ - [February 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/163625): In this issue of WebWidgets News, February 2008... Order Management New free format editor Auto responders and vacation messages Printable versions of your pages Website of the Month http://www.stratacreative.co.nz/ - [Webmail - How do I check my email from abroad] (https://www.website.world/blog/87306): If you have an email account provided by Web Widgets, then you will also have an automatic webmail account - [SEO - Product Item - Search Engine Optimisation] (https://www.website.world/blog/66399): How well are product items search engine optimised? Our SEO is very good... a perfect balance of easy to update, while Google optimised... - [Transferring your website away from Web Widgets] (https://www.website.world/blog/87010): Please let us know when you have completed the transfer away from Web Widgets. You will still be liable for hosting fees until you let us know. If you registered or transferred a .nz domain to our registry, then you need to email us and ask for your UDAI, then email us again once you have completed the transfer. If you don't host with us, it is better to move your domain to your new hosting company's preferred registry. You can also fetch your UDAI by logging in to our CMS. - [January 2008 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/161105): In this issue of WebWidgets News, January 2008... Beware Paypal Email Phishing Scams or any email asking you to login via a link from an email. Dual screens are easy on most computers and increase productivity Website management and maintenance tips Website of the Month - [December 2007 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/157843): In this issue of WebWidgets News, December 2007... Our Christmas Gift Summer Holiday Hours Of Business New Home Page What a year it has been! Updates to Shopping Carts Website of the Month - [November 2007 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/155681): Welcome Auvasa our new receptionist International character sets and special characters Changing page formats and page options Movember Why make a web-plan? WEBSITE OF THE MONTH PROFILE - [October 2007 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/152819): In this issue of WebWidgets News, October 2007... Beware Paypal Reversals Uploading Videos To Your Website Customising Shopping Pages WEBSITE OF THE MONTH PROFILE - [How to send a graphical HTML formated Email] (https://www.website.world/blog/73285): Read our instructions on how to send an HTML formated email here. - [September News] (https://www.website.world/blog/90240): In this issue of WebWidgets News, September 2007... Xtra Issues last month How to bypass the email system of your ISP How to transfer domains away from Xtra/Ihug 5 Homepage tips New Ecommerce Reports - [Xtra Email Issues] (https://www.website.world/blog/87964): Are you having problems with your xtra mail? Now might be a good time to transfer your domain, or have us provide you an email account. We can't do anything about your xtra email, but we can bypass it. Create a POP3 mailbox within webwidgets now. - [WebWidgets August Newsletter 2007] (https://www.website.world/blog/87518): Important domain renewal information Content writing tips New Regular Feature! Website of the month profile. How to use the FAQ area - [Renewing my domain] (https://www.website.world/blog/46141): You will be sent an email from your domain registry reminding you your domain is up for renewal. You should then pay. - [How do I get a domain name?] (https://www.website.world/blog/46140): If you already have a Web Widgets trial website, login to your Content Management area and click on Step 3 Register Your Web Address. - [How do I transfer my domain name?] (https://www.website.world/blog/46142): Basically you need to obtain your secret authorisation code or UDAI from your existing registrar. The full process is explained here. - [How do I send emails using my new domain name?] (https://www.website.world/blog/46132): Here are brief instructions on how to setup a new reply address in outlook express - [WebWidgets July Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/85634): In this issue of WebWidgets News, July 2007... Thousands of new design templates Attention late payers Trial website customers Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 Standard Pricing Information 5 new websites of the month - [WebWidgets June Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/84036): IN THIS ISSUE OF WEB WIDGETS NEWS, JUNE 2007... Cheaper domain names for everyone WebWidgets offers Search Engine Optimisation for your website Ability to create icons for browser title bars Update on Vista review Making WebWidgets better for you 5 new websites of the month - [WebWidgets May Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/81630): In this issue of WebWidgets News, May 2007 Albie's new mobile number - 021 968 610 Reuben away 7th May - 12 June Changing hosting plans and viewing your account history Websites of the month - [WebWidgets April Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/80483): In this issue of WebWidgets News, April 2007 Emma now has an Auckland number for support calls - 09 974 4301 Deleting Old Websites Changing hosting plans and viewing your account history New Banner templates Page privacy and page hidden options Repeating orders and retrieving old shopping carts Updated Terms and Conditions Don't refund overpayments from overseas (how the nigerian scam actually works) Websites of the month - [Web Widgets March 2007 News] (https://www.website.world/blog/78618): In this issue of WebWidgets News, March 2007 Server upgrades due between 15th March and 25th March. Emma is on holiday from Friday 16 March to Wednesday 28 March. Reuben will be answering her emails. VOIP phones provide city-based local calling numbers for businesses based in remote places Managing Bulk Photos and Watermarking Bulk Emailer Changes Websites of the month - [WebWidgets February News] (https://www.website.world/blog/76740): There are now many internet-related products and services new to market. In this issue, we demystify some of these products, with advice about Skype, Mobile Broadband, Home/Office Broadband and Vista. Please let us know if you find this information helpful and if you would like more advice in future editions of our newsletter. - [WebWidgets January Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/76503): News for January from WebWidgets. - [Managing New Members / Importing] (https://www.website.world/blog/73286): We provide all the subscription, unsubscribe, and other tools to manage your mailing lists. We also have bulk address importing tools. - [Spam Detection Avoidance] (https://www.website.world/blog/73219): In order to avoid as much as possible your emails be marked as spam, we use a "speed per minute" feature, eg if you have 1000 emails to be sent, you can select 5 per minute. It will take just under 4 hours to send your newsletter. - [WebWidgets November Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/72725): Christmas is just around the corner, deadlines are looming and websites are thriving. We'd like to welcome newcomers to WebWidgets and wish you every success with your new websites. - [WebWidgets October Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/71318): Hi Everyone Welcome to WebWidgets news. This month's edition is about Ecommerce and Shopping Carts. Reuben has made minor modifications to the shopping carts and payment gateway callbacks this month. This should make the experience easier for both you and your customers. Please review your shopping carts to ensure that any personalised instructions are still relevant. - [WebWidgets May Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/71371): Hi Everyone Welcome to WebWidgets News for May. Everyone is busy building and editing websites at the moment. We at WebWidgets have been busy adding new features and improving our website too. Read on for more information about what you can expect to see within WebWidgets this month. - [WebWidgets June Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/71370): Hi Everyone Welcome to WebWidgets winter news. If you have a new website and have just joined us, this is the newsletter you will receive from us on a monthly basis. You will find new site updates and information, websites of the month and any general information we have to offer. - [WebWidgets July Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/71368): Hi Everyone Welcome to WebWidgets news. This month we provide you with key information about the value of mailing lists. We're happy to pass on some really good news on the domain name front and also a new ecommerce package on offer. Our featured websites are well worth a visit this month. Our current 'pick of the bunch' highlight a variety of quality design and functional features; from efficient ecommerce to customised splash page and template design. - [WebWidgets August Newsletter] (https://www.website.world/blog/71367): Hi Everyone Welcome to WebWidgets news. This month's edition features new website updates regarding ecommerce and editing images, information about a domain scam doing the rounds, and five new websites for you to visit. - [Shopping Categories] (https://www.website.world/blog/58346): You can now group your products into categories within categories and so on. Make it easy for your customers to find your products by displaying no more than 9 categories at each level. You can add products to any level you wish. - [$100 banners] (https://www.website.world/blog/58222): There are now a selection of banners that you can select from and we will customise them with your own company name or message for just $100. This is a great way to get a stylish look on a tight budget. - [Flash Animations] (https://www.website.world/blog/57891): You can now add flash movies to banner of your website. This is compatible with most of our editable templates. Your flash file should be optimised for either 600 or 750 wide and 100 pixels high. You can also add flash movies into the content of p - [Submission Forms] (https://www.website.world/blog/54452): We now store the details of all form submissions and contact us page submissions in our database, as a backup in case your email goes down. You can delete these if and when you require, collectively or 1 by 1. You can also search for submissions by t - [Mailing List Changes Ahead] (https://www.website.world/blog/54451): Major changes to be aware of in the next month - we will be adding an "add me to your mailing list" checkbox on the contact us page - we will be adding an "add me to your mailing list" checkbox on the shopping cart checkout page - we will be add - [New Mailing List Features] (https://www.website.world/blog/54450): - Mailing list features now support bulk importing of email addresses. - You can now remove duplicates of email addresses from the list automatically - You can now filter email lists by answers to questions on the "get email list" option PL - [MYOB Integration] (https://www.website.world/blog/53802): It is now even easier to export your product range straight out of MYOB and keep your website upto date with your most recent prices and product detail changes. Data can be exported out of MYOB and into web widgets in just a few minutes. Step by step - [Mobile Access - Update your website online] (https://www.website.world/blog/53801): You can now make updates to your web widgets website and check order status from your PDA or mobile internet device - [Mobile Access - PDA friendly websites] (https://www.website.world/blog/53734): All web widgets websites are now optimised for mobile internet devices like PDA's and phones. If your sales reps or customers are on the road, they can use their mobile internet browser to look at your website. Typically websites designed for the - [2006 March Gift Fair Auckland] (https://www.website.world/blog/53735): Come meet us at the upcoming 2006 Autumn Gift Fair, at Greenlane Expo Centre, Auckland, March 5-7. - [Sell photos with a shopping cart] (https://www.website.world/blog/51215): Web Widgets already made it easy to have a shopping cart or photo gallery, but now there is an easy way to sell your photos online with different size/print options and prices. This is perfect for professional photographers. Make a gallery for each e - [Online Quoting] (https://www.website.world/blog/51216): Try our new online quote tool for your next website design or update. Simply answer a few questions, then check your email for a detailed and comprehensive quote. The quote will explain the full process of website design, customised for your needs an - [Fraudulent domain invoices.] (https://www.website.world/blog/46144): Do not pay for domain name invoices sent from anyone other than ourselves or your ISP or the place you originally purchased your domain name. Especially be aware of anyone invoicing you for a variation of your domain, eg .net rather than .com or .n - [How do I retrieve a lapsed domain?] (https://www.website.world/blog/46143): There is no grace period for .com domains. There is, however, a grace period in which you can renew a .co.nz domain. Contact your domain registrar and pay to renew it. Then send an email to support@webwidgets.co.nz, telling us you've renewed your - [Our Uptime History 99.84 %] (https://www.website.world/blog/41520): Our independent Uptime / Outages History as provided by MrAlert.com. Notes at end. Uptime last 7 days: 99.84 % Uptime last 14 days: 99.84 % Uptime last 31 days: 99.84 % Uptime last 365 days: 99.84 % Uptime entire period: 99.84 % Year Mo - [10 Brand New Web Design Templates] (https://www.website.world/blog/41448): Albie has been busy working on new design templates. There are 10 new templates live today, and more on the way. Remember, if you don't find a design template that you like, you can always contact us to design a customised template for you. - [View previous orders in Web Widgets] (https://www.website.world/blog/41404): You can now view a history of your old shopping cart orders in Web Widgets, in case you lose the original order emails. You can also download all your order history in CSV format, suitable for customer mailing lists, or importing into your account - [Web Widgets supports Secure Trading integration] (https://www.website.world/blog/40759): Web Widgets shopping carts now integrate with the UK based Secure Trading payment gateway. - [Welcome Emma - Customer Support Manager] (https://www.website.world/blog/41052): Web Widgets would like to welcome Emma to the team. Emma is the first point of contact for all new customers, customer enquiries and accounts. Emma will manage all projects and assign work to the appropriate programmer or web designer. - [Sub Page Galleries] (https://www.website.world/blog/40764): You can now add 3 column thumbnailed galleries as an intro to your shopping categories pages or all other web widgets webpages. - [Web Widgets supports Pay Station integration] (https://www.website.world/blog/40762): Web Widgets shopping carts now integrate with the NZ based Pay Station payment gateway. - [Web Widgets supports E-Gate integration] (https://www.website.world/blog/40760): Web Widgets shopping carts now integrate with the NZ based ANZ and Eftpos E-gate payment gateway. - [Web Widgets supports DPS integration] (https://www.website.world/blog/40763): Web Widgets shopping carts now integrate with the NZ based DPS payment gateway. - [Albie - Graphics Designer] (https://www.website.world/blog/41053): Web Widgets would like to welcome Albie to our team. Albie has excellent graphics design skills to give your website a professional and customised look and feel. Contact us for a graphics design quote. - [Waikato Waste Website A Success] (https://www.website.world/blog/4787): The Waste Exchange website, www.nothrow.co.nz, developed for Environment Waikato has proved itself a success. The website connects the producers of waste materials with other companies who can reuse those materials, reducing the need to landfill h